[ALAS-2017-800] Amazon Linux AMI 2014.03 - ALAS-2017-800: important priority package update for mysql51

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux AMI that fix the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2016-6663:
A race condition was found in the way MySQL 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.
1378936:
CVE-2016-6663 CVE-2016-5616 mysql: race condition while setting stats during MyISAM table repair (CPU Oct 2016)

CVE-2016-6662:
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.
1375198:
CVE-2016-6662 mysql: general_log can write to configuration files, leading to privilege escalation (CPU Oct 2016)
1375198:
CVE-2016-6662 mysql: general_log can write to configuration files, leading to privilege escalation

CVE-2016-5616:
A race condition was found in the way MySQL 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.
1378936:
CVE-2016-6663 CVE-2016-5616 mysql: race condition while setting stats during MyISAM table repair (CPU Oct 2016)