GLSA 202011-14: MariaDB: Remote code execution

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Severity:	high
Title:	MariaDB: Remote code execution
Date:	11/11/2020
Bugs:	#747166
ID:	202011-14

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in MariaDB which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/mariadb	< 10.5.6	>= 10.5.6	All supported architectures

Description

It was discovered that MariaDB did not properly validate the content of a packet received from a server.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet to WSREP service, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MariaDB 10.5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.5.6:10.5"

All MariaDB 10.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.4.13-r3:10.4"

All MariaDB 10.3.x users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.3.23-r3:10.3"

All MariaDB 10.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.2.22-r3:10.2"

References

CVE-2020-15180

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202011-14.xml

Concerns?

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