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MariaDB DoS Vulnerability (MDEV-28719) - Linux

🗓️ 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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MariaDB DoS Vulnerability (MDEV-28719) - Linux. Vulnerability in compress_write allowing local users to trigger a deadlock

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mariadb:mariadb";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.148641");
  script_version("2025-09-09T05:38:49+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-09 05:38:49 +0000 (Tue, 09 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-08-29 03:48:34 +0000 (Mon, 29 Aug 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-09-01 19:35:00 +0000 (Thu, 01 Sep 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-38791");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("MariaDB DoS Vulnerability (MDEV-28719) - Linux");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Databases");
  script_dependencies("gb_mysql_mariadb_remote_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mariadb/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MariaDB is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"compress_write in extra/mariabackup/ds_compress.cc does not
  release data_mutex upon a stream write failure, which allows local users to trigger a deadlock.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MariaDB versions prior to 10.3.36, 10.4.x prior to 10.4.26,
  10.5.x prior to 10.5.17, 10.6.x prior to 10.6.9, 10.7.x prior to 10.7.5, 10.8.x prior to 10.8.4
  and 10.9.x prior to 10.9.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 10.3.36, 10.4.26, 10.5.17, 10.6.9, 10.7.5,
  10.8.4, 10.9.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-28719");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://mariadb.com/kb/en/security/#full-list-of-cves-fixed-in-mariadb");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit(0);

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "10.3.36")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "10.3.36");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "10.4.0", test_version_up: "10.4.26")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "10.4.26");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "10.5.0", test_version_up: "10.5.17")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "10.5.17");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "10.6.0", test_version_up: "10.6.9")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "10.6.9");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "10.7.0", test_version_up: "10.7.5")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "10.7.5");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "10.8.0", test_version_up: "10.8.4")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "10.8.4");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "10.9.0", test_version_up: "10.9.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "10.9.2");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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09 Sep 2025 00:00Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
CVSS 3.15.5
EPSS0.00241
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