CVE-2014-7210 (GCVE-0-2014-7210)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-26 20:52 – Updated: 2025-06-27 18:43
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
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Debian pdns Affected: 0 , < 3.3.1-1 (custom)
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