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The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2004:597.
MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server.
A number security issues that affect the mysql server have been reported:
Oleksandr Byelkin discovered that ALTER TABLE ... RENAME checked the CREATE/INSERT rights of the old table instead of the new one. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0835 to this issue.
Lukasz Wojtow discovered a buffer overrun in the mysql_real_connect function. In order to exploit this issue an attacker would need to force the use of a malicious DNS server (CVE-2004-0836).
Dean Ellis discovered that multiple threads ALTERing the same (or different) MERGE tables to change the UNION could cause the server to crash or stall (CVE-2004-0837).
Sergei Golubchik discovered that if a user is granted privileges to a database with a name containing an underscore (_), the user also gains the ability to grant privileges to other databases with similar names (CVE-2004-0957).
Additionally, the following minor temporary file vulnerabilities were discovered:
- - Stan Bubroski and Shaun Colley found a temporary file vulnerability in the mysqlbug script (CVE-2004-0381). - - A temporary file vulnerability was discovered in mysqld_multi (CVE-2004-0388). - - Jeroen van Wolffelaar discovered an temporary file vulnerability in the mysqlhotcopy script when using the scp method (CVE-2004-0457).
All users of mysql should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues and also include fixes for a number of small bugs.
Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-597.html
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score: 10.0
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