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FKIE_CVE-2021-27928

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-03-19 03:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:45
Severity
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A remote code execution issue was discovered in MariaDB 10.2 before 10.2.37, 10.3 before 10.3.28, 10.4 before 10.4.18, and 10.5 before 10.5.9; Percona Server through 2021-03-03; and the wsrep patch through 2021-03-03 for MySQL. An untrusted search path leads to eval injection, in which a database SUPER user can execute OS commands after modifying wsrep_provider and wsrep_notify_cmd. NOTE: this does not affect an Oracle product.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162177/MariaDB-10.2-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-25179Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10237-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10328-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10418-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-1059-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://mariadb.com/kb/en/security/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-28Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162177/MariaDB-10.2-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-25179Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10237-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10328-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10418-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-1059-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mariadb.com/kb/en/security/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-28Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mariadb mariadb *
mariadb mariadb *
mariadb mariadb *
mariadb mariadb *
percona percona_server *
galeracluster wsrep *
debian debian_linux 9.0
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