CVE-2019-18901: mysql-systemd-helper allows setting 640 permissions of arbitrary files

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected products

openSUSE Leap: 15.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12, 15

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00007.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160895
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00007.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160895

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