CVE-2019-18901

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the mysql-systemd-helper of the mariadb packaging of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows local attackers to change the permissions of arbitrary files to 0640. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mariadb versions prior to 10.2.31-3.25.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 mariadb versions prior to 10.2.31-3.26.1.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mariadb-10.0	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
mariadb-10.1	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
mariadb-10.3	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
mariadb-5.5	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
mysql-5.5	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
mysql-5.6	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
mysql-5.7	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
mysql-8.0	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
percona-server-5.6	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
percona-xtradb-cluster-5.5	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
percona-xtradb-cluster-5.6	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

leosilva

since 5.5 is no longer upstream supported and so far we cannot patch it, marking it as ignored.

mdeslaur

This CVE is for a SUSE specific script.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N