Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1079-1 mysql-dfsg -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:

29 May 2006

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 366044, Bug 366049, Bug 366163.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 16850, BugTraq ID 17780.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-0903, CVE-2006-1516, CVE-2006-1517, CVE-2006-1518.
CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#602457.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in MySQL, a popular SQL database. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2006-0903
Improper handling of SQL queries containing the NULL character allows local users to bypass logging mechanisms.
CVE-2006-1516
Usernames without a trailing null byte allow remote attackers to read portions of memory.
CVE-2006-1517
A request with an incorrect packet length allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
CVE-2006-1518
Specially crafted request packets with invalid length values allow the execution of arbitrary code.

The following vulnerability matrix shows which version of MySQL in which distribution has this problem fixed:

	woody	sarge	sid
mysql	3.23.49-8.15	n/a	n/a
mysql-dfsg	n/a	4.0.24-10sarge2	n/a
mysql-dfsg-4.1	n/a	4.1.11a-4sarge3	n/a
mysql-dfsg-5.0	n/a	n/a	5.0.21-3

We recommend that you upgrade your mysql packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-dfsg_4.0.24-10sarge2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-dfsg_4.0.24-10sarge2.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-dfsg_4.0.24.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-common_4.0.24-10sarge2_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10sarge2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-client_4.0.24-10sarge2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg/mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_sparc.deb

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