PT-2017-14302 · Percona+2 · Percona Server+4

Michael Orlitzky · Published 2017-10-27 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-15945

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Gentoo dev-db/mysql versions prior to 2017-09-29 Gentoo dev-db/mariadb versions prior to 2017-09-29 Gentoo dev-db/percona-server versions prior to 2017-09-29 Gentoo dev-db/mysql-cluster versions prior to 2017-09-29 Gentoo dev-db/mariadb-galera versions prior to 2017-09-29

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the mysql account for creation of a link, due to chown calls for user-writable directory trees in the installation scripts.

Recommendations For Gentoo dev-db/mysql versions prior to 2017-09-29, update to a version released after 2017-09-29 to resolve the issue. For Gentoo dev-db/mariadb versions prior to 2017-09-29, update to a version released after 2017-09-29 to resolve the issue. For Gentoo dev-db/percona-server versions prior to 2017-09-29, update to a version released after 2017-09-29 to resolve the issue. For Gentoo dev-db/mysql-cluster versions prior to 2017-09-29, update to a version released after 2017-09-29 to resolve the issue. For Gentoo dev-db/mariadb-galera versions prior to 2017-09-29, update to a version released after 2017-09-29 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-15945

Affected Products

Mariadb

Mariadb-Galera

Mysql Server

Mysql Cluster

Percona Server

References · 4

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-04 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15945 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15945 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/630822 · Note