CVE-2019-18901: A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the mysql-systemd-helper of the mariadb packaging of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux…

PriorityP427medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCNIHAN

EPSS

0.38%

30.3th percentile

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.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
opensuse	leap	—	—
suse	linux_enterprise_server	—	—
suse	linux_enterprise_server	—	—
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_server_12	>= mariadb < 10.2.31-3.25.1	10.2.31-3.25.1
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_server_15	>= mariadb < 10.2.31-3.26.1	10.2.31-3.26.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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