mysql: general_log can write to configuration files, leading to privilege escalation (CPU Oct 2016)

It was discovered that the MySQL logging functionality allowed writing to MySQL configuration files. An administrative database user, or a database user with FILE privileges, could possibly use this flaw to run arbitrary commands with root privileges on the system running the database server...

FreeBSD : mysql -- Remote Root Code Execution (856b88bf-7984-11e6-81e7-d050996490d0)

Dawid Golunski reports : An independent research has revealed multiple severe MySQL vulnerabilities. This advisory focuses on a critical vulnerability with a CVEID of CVE-2016-6662 which can allow attackers to remotely inject malicious settings into MySQL configuration files my.cnf leading to...