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Mageia 7: 2021-0057 Moderate Threat from DB53 Partial DoS Attack

Vulnerability in the Data Store component of Oracle Berkeley DB. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker having Local Logon privilege with logon to the infrastructure where Data Store executes to compromise Data Store. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Data . MGASA-2021-0057 - Updated db53 packages fix a security vulnerability Publication date: 29 Jan 2021 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0057.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7 CVE: CVE-2019-2708 Vulnerability in the Data Store component of Oracle Berkeley DB. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker having Local Logon privilege with logon to the infrastructure where Data Store executes to compromise Data Store. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Data Store (CVE-2019-2708). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27960 - https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2019.html - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./thread/OQFKX6NKU2DCW5CTCHQSOJJDFVRVTPO6/ - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-2708 SRPMS: - 7/core/db53-5.3.28-17.1.mga7 . Mageia 2021-0057 releases tackle a vulnerability found in db53, mitigating potential partial DoS risks and thwarting unauthorized entry.. Mageia DB53 Security, Oracle DB Vulnerability, DB Service Protection. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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