Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52092
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2005:947
Summary:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2005:947
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2005:947. MySQL is a very popular SQL database. This announcement fixes two vulnerabilities discovered in MySQL: 1.CVE-2004-0957 A local user which had grant privileges for a database whose name includes a _ (underscore) caracter could grant privileges to other databases that have similar names, possibly allowing the user to conduct unauthorized activities. 2.CVE-2005-0004 A local user could overwrite arbitrary files or read temporary files via a symlink attack. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://www.mysql.com/products/mysql/ http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2005:947 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000947 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0957 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2005:947 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000947 Debian Security Information: DSA-707 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-707 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:070 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-597.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-611.html http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2 Computer Incident Advisory Center Bulletin: P-018 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml XForce ISS Database: mysql-underscore-gain-priv(17783) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17783 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0004 Debian Security Information: DSA-647 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-647 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:036 Bugtraq: 20050118 [USN-63-1] MySQL client vulnerability (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110608297217224&w=2 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101864-1 BugTraq ID: 12277 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12277 http://secunia.com/advisories/13867 XForce ISS Database: mysql-mysqlaccess-symlink(18922) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18922
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