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CVE-2017-15945

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.

Published

2017-10-27T21:29:00.310

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-732

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mariadb	mariadb	< 10.0.30	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	< 5.6.36	Yes
Operating System	gentoo	linux	-	No

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/630822 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-04 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.gentoo.org/630822 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-04 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)