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Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13: RHSA-2021-1039-01 Critical MariaDB Code Exec

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Calendar Grey March 30, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Significant MariaDB patch released for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13, rectifying a vital security vulnerability.
An update for mariadb is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

MariaDB is a community developed branch of MySQL. MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server.
Security Fix(es):
* writable system variables allows a database user with SUPER privilege to execute arbitrary code as the system mysql user (CVE-2021-27928)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue code execution important database maintenance Red Hat OpenStack MariaDB mariadb Red Hat OpenStack Platform

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27928 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS Server:
Source: mariadb-10.1.20-3.el7ost.src.rpm
x86_64: mariadb-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-common-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-config-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-connect-engine-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-errmsg-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-libs-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-server-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-server-galera-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-test-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0:
Source: mariadb-10.1.20-3.el7ost.src.rpm
ppc64le: mariadb-10.1.20-3.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm mariadb-common-10.1.20-3.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm mariadb-config-10.1.20-3.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm mariadb-connect-engine-10.1.20-3.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-10.1.20-3.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm mariadb-errmsg-10.1.20-3.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm mariadb-libs-10.1.20-3.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm mariadb-server-10.1.20-3.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm mariadb-server-galera-10.1.20-3.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm mariadb-test-10.1.20-3.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: mariadb-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-common-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-config-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm mariadb-connect-engine-10.1.20-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1039-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1039
Issue date: 2021-03-30

Topic

An update for mariadb is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13(Queens).Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue code execution important database maintenance Red Hat OpenStack MariaDB mariadb Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS Server - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1940909 - CVE-2021-27928 mariadb: writable system variables allows a database user with SUPER privilege to execute arbitrary code as the system mysql user

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