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High ALSA-2021:1242 1 CVE

Important: mariadb:10.3 and mariadb-devel:10.3 security update

Published Apr 19, 2021 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server that is binary compatible with MySQL.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: mariadb (10.3.28), galera (25.3.32).

Security Fix(es):

* mariadb: writable system variables allows a database user with SUPER privilege to execute arbitrary code as the system mysql user (CVE-2021-27928)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 23

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 asio-devel 1.10.8-7.module_el8.6.0+2867+72759d2f
AlmaLinux · 8 asio-devel 1.10.8-7.module_el8.6.0+3072+3c630e87
AlmaLinux · 8 galera 25.3.32-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 Judy 1.0.5-18.module_el8.6.0+2867+72759d2f
AlmaLinux · 8 Judy 1.0.5-18.module_el8.3.0+2028+5e3224e9
AlmaLinux · 8 Judy 1.0.5-18.module_el8.5.0+2632+14ced695
AlmaLinux · 8 Judy 1.0.5-18.module_el8.6.0+2761+593e5e59
AlmaLinux · 8 Judy-devel 1.0.5-18.module_el8.6.0+3072+3c630e87
AlmaLinux · 8 Judy-devel 1.0.5-18.module_el8.6.0+2867+72759d2f
AlmaLinux · 8 Judy-devel 1.0.5-18.module_el8.3.0+2028+5e3224e9
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-backup 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-common 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-devel 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-embedded 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-embedded-devel 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-errmsg 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-gssapi-server 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-oqgraph-engine 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-server 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-server-galera 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-server-utils 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-test 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+2177+7adc332a

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27928
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1940909
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-1242.html
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-27928