CVE-2022-24051

Publication date 18 February 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Format String Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of MariaDB. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of SQL queries. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it as a format specifier. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-16193.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mariadb-10.0 16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
mariadb-10.1 18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
mariadb-10.3 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:10.3.34-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
mariadb-10.5 21.10 impish
Fixed 1:10.5.15-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
mariadb-10.6 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
mariadb-5.5 16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5305-1
    • MariaDB vulnerabilities
    • 28 February 2022

Other references