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[GLSA-200410-22] MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2004-0835, CAN-2004-0836, CAN-2004-0837

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200410-22

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-22
(MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities)


The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in MySQL:
Oleksandr Byelkin found that ALTER TABLE ... RENAME checks CREATE/INSERT
rights of the old table instead of the new one (CAN-2004-0835). Another
privilege checking bug allowed users to grant rights on a database they had
no rights on.
Dean Ellis found a defect where multiple threads ALTERing the MERGE tables
to change the UNION could cause the server to crash (CAN-2004-0837).
Another crash was found in MATCH ... AGAINST() queries with missing closing
double quote.
Finally, a buffer overrun in the mysql_real_connect function was found by
Lukasz Wojtow (CAN-2004-0836).

Impact

The privilege checking issues could be used by remote users to bypass their
rights on databases. The two crashes issues could be exploited by a remote
user to perform a Denial of Service attack on MySQL server. The buffer
overrun issue could also be exploited as a Denial of Service attack, and
may allow to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the MySQL daemon
(typically, the "mysql" user).

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0835
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0836
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0837
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=3933
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=3870


Solution:
All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=dev-db/mysql-4.0.21"
# emerge ">=dev-db/mysql-4.0.21"


Risk factor : High