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title: "CVE-2015-5969\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-5969

Publication date 8 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.2 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5969?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

The mysql-systemd-helper script in the mysql-community-server package
before 5.6.28-2.17.1 in openSUSE 13.2 and before 5.6.28-13.1 in openSUSE
Leap 42.1 and the mariadb package before 10.0.22-2.21.2 in openSUSE 13.2
and before 10.0.22-3.1 in SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 12.1 and openSUSE
Leap 42.1 allows local users to discover database credentials by listing a
process and its arguments.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5969?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mariadb-10.0 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| mariadb-5.5 | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| mysql-5.5 | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| mysql-5.6 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| percona-server-5.6 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| percona-xtradb-cluster-5.5 | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| percona-xtradb-cluster-5.6 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

looks to be SUSE specific

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.2 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.2 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5969)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5969)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-5969)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5969)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=957174>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5969>