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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-25 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: MySQL: Denial of Service |
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Date: November 18, 2007 |
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Bugs: #198988 |
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ID: 200711-25 |
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Synopsis |
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A Denial of Service vulnerability was found in MySQL. |
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Background |
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MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-db/mysql < 5.0.44-r2 >= 5.0.44-r2 |
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Description |
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Joe Gallo and Artem Russakovskii reported an error in the |
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convert_search_mode_to_innobase() function in ha_innodb.cc in the |
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InnoDB engine that is leading to a failed assertion when handling |
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CONTAINS operations. |
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Impact |
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A remote authenticated attacker with ALTER privileges could send a |
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specially crafted request to a vulnerable database server possibly |
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leading to a Denial of Service. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-5.0.44-r2" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-5925 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5925 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-25.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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