CVE 2016-5443
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.7.12 and earlier allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Connection.
Related bugs and status
CVE-2016-5443 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:
Bug #1571865: mysql fails to start after upgrade if previous defaults were customised
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1571865 | mysql fails to start after upgrade if previous defaults were customised | mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1571865 | mysql fails to start after upgrade if previous defaults were customised | Release Notes for Ubuntu | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1571865 | mysql fails to start after upgrade if previous defaults were customised | mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu Xenial) | High | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1574458: Logs.var.log.mysql.error.log.txt contains usernames and passwords
Bug #1576647: mysqld is not restarted after postinst runs mysql_upgrade
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1576647 | mysqld is not restarted after postinst runs mysql_upgrade | mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1576647 | mysqld is not restarted after postinst runs mysql_upgrade | mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu Xenial) | Medium | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1577712: mysql_upgrade is called twice concurrently on upgrade from 14.04
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1577712 | mysql_upgrade is called twice concurrently on upgrade from 14.04 | mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1577712 | mysql_upgrade is called twice concurrently on upgrade from 14.04 | mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu Xenial) | High | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1602763: postinst does not print a helpful message when the server will fail to start
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1602763 | postinst does not print a helpful message when the server will fail to start | mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1602763 | postinst does not print a helpful message when the server will fail to start | mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu Xenial) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1604796: mysql 5.5.50, 5.6.31, 5.7.13 security update tracking bug
See the 
CVE page on Mitre.org
for more details.
