GLSA 201702-18: MariaDB: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:high
Title:MariaDB: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:02/20/2017
Bugs: #606258
ID:201702-18

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MariaDB, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.

Background

MariaDB is an enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
dev-db/mariadb < 10.0.29 >= 10.0.29 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MariaDB. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An attacker could possibly escalate privileges, gain access to critical data or complete access to all MariaDB Server accessible data, or cause a Denial of Service condition via unspecified vectors.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MariaDB users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.0.29"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201702-18.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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