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From: Pierre-Yves Rofes <py@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200711-25 ] MySQL: Denial of Service
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:07:19
Message-Id: 4740B3D5.5020708@gentoo.org
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10 Severity: Normal
11 Title: MySQL: Denial of Service
12 Date: November 18, 2007
13 Bugs: #198988
14 ID: 200711-25
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18 Synopsis
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21 A Denial of Service vulnerability was found in MySQL.
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23 Background
24 ==========
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26 MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 dev-db/mysql < 5.0.44-r2 >= 5.0.44-r2
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36 Description
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39 Joe Gallo and Artem Russakovskii reported an error in the
40 convert_search_mode_to_innobase() function in ha_innodb.cc in the
41 InnoDB engine that is leading to a failed assertion when handling
42 CONTAINS operations.
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44 Impact
45 ======
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47 A remote authenticated attacker with ALTER privileges could send a
48 specially crafted request to a vulnerable database server possibly
49 leading to a Denial of Service.
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51 Workaround
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54 There is no known workaround at this time.
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56 Resolution
57 ==========
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59 All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
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61 # emerge --sync
62 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-5.0.44-r2"
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64 References
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67 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-5925
68 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5925
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70 Availability
71 ============
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-25.xml
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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96 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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