CVE-2022-38791: Medium severity MariaDB MariaDB vulnerability

Published Aug 27, 2022
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Updated

In MariaDB before 10.9.2, compresswrite in extra/mariabackup/dscompress.cc does not release datamutex upon a stream write failure, which allows local users to trigger a deadlock.

Affected Software

17 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/mariadb<10.9.2
10.9.2
redhat/mariadb<10.8.4
10.8.4
redhat/mariadb<10.7.5
10.7.5
redhat/mariadb<10.6.9
10.6.9
redhat/mariadb<10.5.17
10.5.17
redhat/mariadb<10.4.26
10.4.26
redhat/mariadb<10.3.36
10.3.36
MariaDB MariaDB>=10.3.0<10.3.36
MariaDB MariaDB>=10.4.0<10.4.26
MariaDB MariaDB>=10.5.0<10.5.17
MariaDB MariaDB>=10.6.0<10.6.9
MariaDB MariaDB>=10.7.0<10.7.5
MariaDB MariaDB>=10.8.0<10.8.4
MariaDB MariaDB=10.9.1
fedoraproject fedora=35
fedoraproject fedora=36
fedoraproject fedora=37

Event History

Aug 27, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
Sep 27, 2022
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·08:31 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2022-38791.

2

What is the severity level of CVE-2022-38791?

The severity level of CVE-2022-38791 is medium (5.5).

3

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2022-38791?

The software versions affected by CVE-2022-38791 include MariaDB versions 10.3.0 to 10.3.36, 10.4.0 to 10.4.26, 10.5.0 to 10.5.17, 10.6.0 to 10.6.9, 10.7.0 to 10.7.5, 10.8.0 to 10.8.4, and 10.9.1.

4

What is the description of CVE-2022-38791?

CVE-2022-38791 is a vulnerability in MariaDB that allows local users to trigger a deadlock by exploiting a failure in the compress_write function.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2022-38791?

More information about CVE-2022-38791 can be found at the following references: [Reference 1](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-28719), [Reference 2](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WCOEGSVMIEXDZHBOSV6WVF7FAVRBR2JE/), [Reference 3](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTVAONAZXJFGHAJ4RP2OF3EAMQCOTDSQ/)

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