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Gentoo: GLSA-202011-14 High: MariaDB Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Security Bulletin GLSA 202211-15 addresses a severe vulnerability in PostgreSQL that could potentially enable unauthorized access and data manipulation.
A vulnerability has been discovered in MariaDB which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Summary

It was discovered that MariaDB did not properly validate the content of a packet received from a server.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity software update remote code execution vulnerability MariaDB

Resolution

All MariaDB 10.5.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.5.6:10.5"
All MariaDB 10.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.4.13-r3:10.4"
All MariaDB 10.3.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.3.23-r3:10.3"
All MariaDB 10.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.2.22-r3:10.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15180 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15180

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-14
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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: High
Title: MariaDB: Remote code execution
Date: November 11, 2020
Bugs: #747166
ID: 202011-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity software update remote code execution vulnerability MariaDB

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in MariaDB which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

MariaDB is an enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/mariadb < 10.5.6 >= 10.5.6:10.5 >= 10.4.13-r3:10.4 >= 10.3.23-r3:10.3 >= 10.2.22-r3:10.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet to WSREP service, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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