CVE-2016-5483 Red Hat Update for mariadb (RHSA-2017:2192)

MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server that is binary compatible with MySQL.

It was discovered that the mysql and mysqldump tools did not correctly handle database and table names containing newline characters. A database user with privileges to create databases or tables could cause the mysql command to execute arbitrary shell or SQL commands while restoring database backup created using the mysqldump tool. (CVE-2016-5483, CVE-2017-3600)
A flaw was found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The mysql operating system user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2016-5617, CVE-2016-6664)
Multiple flaws were found in the way the MySQL init script handled initialization of the database data directory and permission setting on the error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3265)
It was discovered that the mysqld_safe script honored the ledir option value set in a MySQL configuration file. A user able to modify one of the MySQL configuration files could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3291)
Multiple flaws were found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3312)
A flaw was found in the way MySQL client library (libmysqlclient) handled prepared statements when server connection was lost. A malicious server or a man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash an application using libmysqlclient. (CVE-2017-3302) This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MariaDB database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2017-3238, CVE-2017-3243, CVE-2017-3244, CVE-2017-3258, CVE-2017-3308, CVE-2017-3309, CVE-2017-3313, CVE-2017-3317, CVE-2017-3318, CVE-2017-3453, CVE-2017-3456, CVE-2017-3464)

Affected Products
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM 7 aarch64

A database user with privileges to create databases or tables could cause the mysql command to execute arbitrary shell or SQL commands while restoring database backup created using the mysqldump tool. (CVE-2016-5483, CVE-2017-3600)
The mysql operating system user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2016-5617, CVE-2016-6664)
The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3265)
A user able to modify one of the MySQL configuration files could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3291)
The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3312)
A malicious server or a man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash an application using libmysqlclient. (CVE-2017-3302)

Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2017:2192 to address this issue and obtain more information.

Patch:
Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:

RHSA-2017:2192: Red Hat Enterprise Linux