Debian Security Advisory
DSA-831-1 mysql-dfsg -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 30 Sep 2005
- Affected Packages:
- mysql-dfsg
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 14509.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2558. - More information:
-
A stack-based buffer overflow in the init_syms function of MySQL, a popular database, has been discovered that allows remote authenticated users who can create user-defined functions to execute arbitrary code via a long function_name field. The ability to create user-defined functions is not typically granted to untrusted users.
The following vulnerability matrix shows which version of MySQL in which distribution has this problem fixed:
woody sarge sid mysql 3.23.49-8.14 n/a n/a mysql-dfsg n/a 4.0.24-10sarge1 4.0.24-10sarge1 mysql-dfsg-4.1 n/a 4.1.11a-4sarge2 4.1.14-2 mysql-dfsg-5.0 n/a n/a 5.0.11beta-3 We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-dfsg packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-dfsg_4.0.24-10sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-dfsg_4.0.24-10sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-dfsg_4.0.24.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-dfsg_4.0.24-10sarge1.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-common_4.0.24-10sarge1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.