Use After Free Affecting mariadb-pam package, versions <3:10.5.16-2.module+el8.6.0+15639+405b7427


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-MARIADBPAM-2867006
  • published4 Feb 2022
  • disclosed10 May 2021

Introduced: 10 May 2021

CVE-2021-46669  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 mariadb-pam to version 3:10.5.16-2.module+el8.6.0+15639+405b7427 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mariadb-pam package and not the mariadb-pam package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

MariaDB through 10.5.9 allows attackers to trigger a convert_const_to_int use-after-free when the BIGINT data type is used.

CVSS Scores

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