vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-15945: MariaDB, MySQL: Root privilege escalation
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 27, 2017 | Nov 13, 2017 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 27, 2017
Added
Nov 13, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
The installation scripts in the Gentoo dev-db/mysql, dev-db/mariadb, dev-db/percona-server, dev-db/mysql-cluster, and dev-db/mariadb-galera packages before 2017-09-29 have chown calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the mysql account for creation of a link.
Solutions
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-db-mariadbgentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-db-mysql
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