Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:202072210000000
Revision Date:2020-02-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2020-7221 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:mysql_install_db in MariaDB 10.4.7 through 10.4.11 allows privilege escalation from the mysql user account to root because chown and chmod are performed unsafely, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a chmod 04755 of auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool. NOTE: this does not affect the Oracle MySQL product, which implements mysql_install_db differently.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2020-7221
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND mariadb-10.0 package in xenial is affected and may need fixing.
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