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TI-2016-02961 Aliases CVE-2016-3501GHSA-jr7j-wvj3-67fh

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier and 5.7.12 and earlier…

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Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier and 5.7.12 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Optimizer.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03781 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.0 – 5.6.30; 5.7.0 – 5.7.12VulnerableOracle
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*12.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*14.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*16.04VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.0 – 5.6.30; 5.7.0 – 5.7.12 Vulnerable ·Oracle
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 12.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 16.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2016:1601 Released 2016-08-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    rh-mysql56-mysql security update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el6, rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.32-1.el6, rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.32-1.el6 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.32-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.32-1.el7 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el6, rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.32-1.el6, rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.32-1.el6 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el6, rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.32-1.el6, rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.32-1.el6 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.32-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.32-1.el7 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.32-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.32-1.el7 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el6, rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.32-1.el6, rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.32-1.el6 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.32-1.el7, rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.32-1.el7 +5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:1601
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2016:1601
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)Fixed RHSA-2016:1601
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7)Fixed RHSA-2016:1601
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)Fixed RHSA-2016:1601
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2)Fixed RHSA-2016:1601
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:1601
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2016:1601
Not affected: 8 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
  • Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-3501
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jr7j-wvj3-67fh
  3. 2026-11-06 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Sources

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