Debian Security Advisory

DSA-540-1 mysql -- insecure file creation

Date Reported:
18 Aug 2004
Affected Packages:
mysql
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0457.
More information:

Jeroen van Wolffelaar discovered an insecure temporary file vulnerability in the mysqlhotcopy script when using the scp method which is part of the mysql-server package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.23.49-8.7 of mysql.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.20-11 of mysql-dfsg.

We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-server package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49-8.7.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49-8.7.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-common_3.23.49-8.7_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-doc_3.23.49-8.5_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.