| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mysql' package(s) announced via the DSA-707-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in MySQL, a popular database. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CAN-2004-0957
Sergei Golubchik discovered a problem in the access handling for similar named databases. If a user is granted privileges to a database with a name containing an underscore ('_'), the user also gains privileges to other databases with similar names.
CAN-2005-0709
Stefano Di Paola discovered that MySQL allows remote authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges to execute arbitrary code by using CREATE FUNCTION to access libc calls.
CAN-2005-0710
Stefano Di Paola discovered that MySQL allows remote authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges to bypass library path restrictions and execute arbitrary libraries by using INSERT INTO to modify the mysql.func table.
CAN-2005-0711
Stefano Di Paola discovered that MySQL uses predictable file names when creating temporary tables, which allows local users with CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE privileges to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 3.23.49-8.11.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.24-5 of mysql-dfsg and in version 4.1.10a-6 of mysql-dfsg-4.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your mysql packages.
Affected Software/OS:
'mysql' package(s) on Debian 3.0.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
6.8
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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