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CVE-2017-15945

N/A
Published: October 27, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsMariaDBMySQL· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

The installation scripts in the Gentoo dev-db/mysql, dev-db/mariadb, dev-db/percona-server, dev-db/mysql-cluster, and dev-db/mariadb-galera packages before 2017-09-29 have chown calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the mysql account for creation of a link.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

MariaDB· Mariadbnpm
95%
v < 10.0.30r1
Affected range stops below 10.0.30, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
gentoo-linux (environment)
MySQL· MySQL
95%
v < 5.6.36r1
Affected range stops below 5.6.36, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
gentoo-linux (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/630822
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-04

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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