GLSA 200503-19: MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	03/16/2005
Bugs:	#84819
ID:	200503-19

Synopsis

MySQL contains several vulnerabilities potentially leading to the overwriting of local files or to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

MySQL is a fast, multi-threaded, multi-user SQL database server.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/mysql	< 4.0.24	>= 4.0.24	All supported architectures

Description

MySQL fails to properly validate input for authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges (CAN-2005-0709 and CAN-2005-0710). Furthermore MySQL uses predictable filenames when creating temporary files with CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE (CAN-2005-0711).

Impact

An attacker with INSERT and DELETE privileges could exploit this to manipulate the mysql table or accessing libc calls, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running MySQL. An attacker with CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE privileges could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-4.0.24"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-19.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.