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…

published 2017-10-27 9y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-7361

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

mariadb mariadb 10.0.30
mysql mysql 5.6.36

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Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Technology feeds

MariaDB rss critical rss

References

security.gentoo.org /glsa/201711-04
vendor-advisory, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
bugs.gentoo.org /630822
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-15945
NVD CVE-2017-15945

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