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CVE-2017-15945
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 201…
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mariadb | Mariadb | before 10.0.30 |
| Mysql | Mysql | before 5.6.36 |