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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] UPDATE: [ GLSA 200605-13 ] MySQL: Information leakage
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 21:01:27
Message-Id: 200605162223.05147.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [UPDATE] GLSA 200605-13:04
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: MySQL: Information leakage
9 Date: May 11, 2006
10 Updated: May 15, 2006
11 Bugs: #132146
12 ID: 200605-13:04
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16 Update
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19 For a short time version 4.0.27 was incorrectly listed as vulnerable
20 and the resolution incorrectly forced an upgrade to 4.1.x for 4.0.x users.
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22 The updated sections appear below.
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24 Affected packages
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28 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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30 1 dev-db/mysql < 4.1.19 >= 4.1.19
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33 Resolution
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36 All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version.
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38 # emerge --sync
39 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-4.0.27"
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41 Availability
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44 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
45 the Gentoo Security Website:
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47 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-13.xml
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49 Concerns?
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52 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
53 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
54 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
55 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
56 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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58 License
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