CVE-2015-5969 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2015-5969?

CVE-2015-5969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 8 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The mysql-systemd-helper script in the mysql-community-server package before 5.6.28-2.17.1 in openSUSE 13.2 and before 5.6.28-13.1 in openSUSE Leap 42.1 and the mariadb package before 10.0.22-2.21.2 in openSUSE 13.2 and before 10.0.22-3.1 in SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 12.1 and openSUSE Leap 42.1 allows local users to discover database credentials by listing a process and its arguments.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5969?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit, Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5969?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2015-5969 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5969 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-20787 Teeworlds before 0.7.4 has an integer overflow when computing a tilemap size. Critical 9.8
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• CVE-2019-6438 Other in n/a Critical 9.8

All Opensuse Leap vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-phcr-wcch-g43j.