This package uses eclasses which were vulnerable to root privilege escalation via "chown", see bug 630822 for details. The eclasses were fixed, however a rev bump is required to ensure that the vulnerability is completely removed.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c3f948792073c6f485cdd1fa99ad9dce6602d757 commit c3f948792073c6f485cdd1fa99ad9dce6602d757 Author: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2017-10-28 18:08:13 +0000 Commit: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2017-10-28 18:10:54 +0000 dev-db/mysql: Rev bump to fix CVE-2017-15945 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/635706 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.13, Repoman-2.3.4 RepoMan-Options: --force dev-db/mysql/mysql-5.6.36-r1.ebuild | 177 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ dev-db/mysql/mysql-5.6.37-r1.ebuild | 183 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 360 insertions(+)}
All done, repository is clean. Added to an existing GLSA request.
This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201711-04 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-04 by GLSA coordinator Aaron Bauman (b-man).