mariadb: writable system variables allows a database user with SUPER privilege to execute arbitrary code as the system mysql user

A vulnerability was found in mariadb and in the mysql wsrep patch that allows remote code execution. A user with SUPER privileges could execute arbitrary shell commands in the context of the mariadb server process...

Amazon Linux AMI : mysql51 (ALAS-2017-800)

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...

Updated mariadb packages fix security vulnerabilities

A race condition was found in the way MariaDB performed MyISAM engine table repair. A database user with shell access to the server running mysqld could use this flaw to change permissions of arbitrary files writable by the mysql system user CVE-2016-6663. This update fixes several vulnerabilitie...