MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server. MariaDB is an enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MySQL and MariaDB. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A remote attacker could exploit vulnerabilities to possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-5.6.22"
All MariaDB users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.0.16"