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CVE-2022-24051

Published: 18 February 2022

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
mariadb-10.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

mariadb-10.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
mariadb-10.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
focal
Released (1:10.3.34-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
mariadb-10.5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
impish
Released (1:10.5.15-0ubuntu0.21.10.1)
mariadb-10.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
jammy Needs triage

mantic Does not exist

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mariadb-5.5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
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