Link Following The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mysql-5.7  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-MYSQL57-612216
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed2 Mar 2020

Introduced: 2 Mar 2020

CVE-2019-18901  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mysql-5.7 package and not the mysql-5.7 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the mysql-systemd-helper of the mariadb packaging of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows local attackers to change the permissions of arbitrary files to 0640. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mariadb versions prior to 10.2.31-3.25.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 mariadb versions prior to 10.2.31-3.26.1.