CVE-2014-7210 — CRITICAL (9.8)

Q: How severe is CVE-2014-7210?

CVE-2014-7210 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2014-7210?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Debian Pdns, Debian Debian Linux.

Vulnerability Description

pdns specific as packaged in Debian in version before 3.3.1-1 creates a too privileged MySQL user. It was discovered that the maintainer scripts of pdns-backend-mysql grant too wide database permissions for the pdns user. Other backends are not affected.

CVSS Score

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian	Pdns	< 3.3.1-1
Debian	Debian Linux	7.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-276

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/05/msg00046.htmlMailing ListVendor Advisory
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/pdns/-/commit/f0de6b3583039bb63344fbd5eb24693926Patch

FAQ

What is CVE-2014-7210?

CVE-2014-7210 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). pdns specific as packaged in Debian in version before 3.3.1-1 creates a too privileged MySQL user. It was discovered that the maintainer scripts of pdns-backend-mysql grant too wide database permissio...

How severe is CVE-2014-7210?

CVE-2014-7210 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Is there a patch for CVE-2014-7210?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Debian Pdns, Debian Debian Linux.