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[GLSA-200503-19] MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2005-0709, CAN-2005-0710, CAN-2005-0711

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200503-19

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-19
(MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities)


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.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0709
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0710
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0711


Solution:
All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-4.0.24"


Risk factor : Medium