A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - MySQL: Information leakage. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-13
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: MySQL: Information leakage
Date: May 11, 2006
Bugs: #132146
ID: 200605-13
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Synopsis
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A MySQL server may leak information to unauthorized users.
Background
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MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL database server.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-db/mysql < 4.1.19 >= 4.1.19
Description
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The processing of the COM_TABLE_DUMP command by a MySQL server fails to
properly validate packets that arrive from the client via a network
socket.
Impact
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By crafting specific malicious packets an attacker could gather
confidential information from the memory of a MySQL server process, for
example results of queries by other users or applications. By using PHP
code injection or similar techniques it would be possible to exploit
this flaw through web applications that use MySQL as a database
backend.
Note that on 5.x versions it is possible to overwrite the stack and
execute arbitrary code with this technique. Users of MySQL 5.x are
urged to upgrade to the latest available version.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version.
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-4.1.19"
References
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[ 1 ] Original advisory
http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2006-05/msg00041.html
[ 2 ] CVE-2006-1516
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1516
[ 3 ] CVE-2006-1517
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1517
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-13.xml
Concerns?
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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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
