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Gentoo: GLSA-201908-24 Normal: MariaDB & MySQL Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey August 17, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities in MariaDB and MySQL may cause privilege elevation. Update recommended for impacted individuals.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MariaDB and MySQL, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MariaDB and MySQL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation mysql multiple issues normal severity mariadb

Resolution

All MariaDB 10.1.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.1.38-r1"
All MariaDB 10.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.2.22"
All MySQL 5.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-5.6.42"
All MySQL 5.7.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-5.7.24"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-2755 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2755 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-2759 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2759 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-2761 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2761 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-2766 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2766 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-2771 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2771 [ 6 ] CVE-2018-2777 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2777 [ 7 ] CVE-2018-2781 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2781 [ 8 ] CVE-2018-2782 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2782 [ 9 ] CVE-2018-2784 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2784 [ 10 ] CVE-2018-2786 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2786 [ 11 ] CVE-2018-2787 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2787 [ 12 ] CVE-2018-2810 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2810 [ 13 ] CVE-2018-2813 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2813 [ 14 ] CVE-2018-2817 ...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-24
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: MariaDB, MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 18, 2019
Bugs: #661500, #670388, #679024
ID: 201908-24

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation mysql multiple issues normal severity mariadb

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MariaDB and MySQL, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Background

MariaDB is an enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL. MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server. MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/mariadb < 10.1.38-r1 >= 10.1.38-r1 < 10.2.22 >= 10.2.22 2 dev-db/mysql < 5.6.42 >= 5.6.42 < 5.7.24 >= 5.7.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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