SUSE: 2020:0505-1 Moderate: mariadb Security Update Analysis

This update for mariadb fixes the following issues: MariaDB was updated to version 10.2.31 GA (bsc#1162388). Security issues fixed: - CVE-2020-2574: Fixed a difficult to exploit vulnerability that allowed an attacker to crash the client (bsc#1162388). - CVE-2019-18901: Fixed an unsafe path handling behavior in mysql-systemd-helper (bsc#1160895). - Enabled security hardenings in MariaDB's systemd service, namely ProtectSystem, ProtectHome and UMask (bsc#1160878). - Fixed a permissions issue in /var/lib/mysql (bsc#1077717). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9: