Multiple flaws were found in the way the MySQL init script handled initialization of the database data directory and permission setting on the error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root.
Find out more about CVE-2017-3265 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-mysql56-mysql) | RHSA-2017:2787 | 2017-09-21 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-mariadb101-mariadb) | RHSA-2018:0574 | 2018-03-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (mariadb) | RHSA-2017:2192 | 2017-08-01 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-mariadb101-mariadb) | RHSA-2018:0574 | 2018-03-21 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-mysql56-mysql) | RHSA-2017:2787 | 2017-09-21 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-mariadb100-mariadb) | RHSA-2018:0279 | 2018-02-06 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-mariadb100-mariadb) | RHSA-2018:0279 | 2018-02-06 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-mysql57-mysql | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | mariadb-galera | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | mariadb-galera | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 | mariadb-galera | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) | mariadb-galera | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | mariadb-galera | Not affected |
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 | rhmap-mysql-docker | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | mariadb-galera | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | mariadb-galera | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | mariadb-galera | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mysql | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | mysql55-mysql | Will not fix |
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