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Medium · 5.6 Public exploit CVE-2023-39593 EUVD-2023-43302GHSA-xr59-q2m8-w439

Insecure permissions in the sys_exec function of MariaDB v10.5 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated p…

Published Oct 17, 2024 · Updated Oct 20, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: mysql-5.5 Package: mysql-5.7 Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

Insecure permissions in the sys_exec function of MariaDB v10.5 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. NOTE: this is disputed by the MariaDB Foundation because no privilege boundary is crossed.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS mysql-5.5 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS mysql-5.7 No fix yet —

Public exploits

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