MariaDB: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202012-08

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MariaDB, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Affected packages

dev-db/mariadb on all architectures
Affected versions < 10.5.8
Unaffected versions >= 10.2.36
>= 10.3.27
>= 10.4.17
>= 10.5.8

Background

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MariaDB. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

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

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.2.36:10.2"
 

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

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.3.27:10.3"
 

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

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.4.17:10.4"
 

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

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mariadb-10.5.8:10.5"
 

References

Release date
December 07, 2020

Latest revision
December 07, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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