CVE-2017-15945 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-10-27

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb::r1::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql::r1::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-7361	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00027.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.gentoo.org/630822
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-04

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux

Mariadb Mariadb

Mysql Mysql

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-27T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:13:05.914Z

Reserved: 2017-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-15945

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-27T21:29:00.310

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-15945

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-732

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