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The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2002:555.
MySQL is a very popular SQL database, distributed under the GNU-GPL license.
Stefan Esser from e-matters[1] discovered several vulnerabilities in the MySQL code that affect both the server and the client library (libmysql) of MySQL.
The server vulnerabilities can be exploited to crash the MySQL server, bypass password restrictions or even execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the server process.
The library ones consist in an arbitrary size heap overflow and a memory addressing problem that can be both exploited to crash or execute arbitrary code in programs linked against libmysql.
More details about each vulnerability can be found in the e-matters security advisory[2].
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) is tracking these issues with the names CVE-2002-1373, CVE-2002-1374, CVE-2002-1375 and CVE-2002-1376.
Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade'
http://www.e-matters.de/ http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/042002.html http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1373 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1374 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1375 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1376 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2002:555 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002002
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score: 7.5
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