High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-15945
CVE-2017-15945
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 products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- bugs.gentoo.org/630822nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-04nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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