The my_net_skip_rest function in sql/net_serv.cc in MySQL 5.0 through 5.0.91 and 5.1 before 5.1.47 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) by sending a large number of packets that exceed the maximum length.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - mysql: over-sized packet denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2010-1849)

  - mysql: Unspecified vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality     (CVE-2012-0484)

  - MySQL before 5.1.46 allows local users to delete the data and index files of another user's MyISAM table     via a symlink attack in conjunction with the DROP TABLE command, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2008-4098 and CVE-2008-7247. (CVE-2010-1626)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:0127 :

Updated mysql packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. It consists of the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) and many client programs and libraries.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section.
(CVE-2012-0075, CVE-2012-0087, CVE-2012-0101, CVE-2012-0102, CVE-2012-0114, CVE-2012-0484, CVE-2012-0490)

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.0.95. Refer to the MySQL release notes for a full list of changes :

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-x.html

All MySQL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.

MySQL has been updated to 5.1.61 in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04 and Ubuntu 11.10. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.0.95.

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information :

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-x.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-x.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2012-366304.ht ml.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Updated mysql packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. It consists of the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) and many client programs and libraries.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section.
(CVE-2012-0075, CVE-2012-0087, CVE-2012-0101, CVE-2012-0102, CVE-2012-0114, CVE-2012-0484, CVE-2012-0490)

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.0.95. Refer to the MySQL release notes for a full list of changes :

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-x.html

All MySQL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201201-02 (MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MySQL. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code       with the privileges of the MySQL process, cause a Denial of Service       condition, bypass security restrictions, uninstall arbitrary MySQL       plugins, or conduct Man-in-the-Middle and Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The following bugs have been fixed :

  - local users could delete data files for tables of other     users. (CVE-2010-1626)

  - authenticated users could gather information for tables     they should not have access to. (CVE-2010-1849)

  - authenticated users could crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-1848)

  - authenticated users could potentially execute arbitrary     code as the user running mysqld. (CVE-2010-1850)

  - authenticated users could crash mysqld (CVE-2010-3677 /     CVE-2010-3678 / CVE-2010-3681 / CVE-2010-3682 /     CVE-2010-3683)

Versions of Mac OS X 10.6 earlier than 10.6.5 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities.  Mac OS X 10.6.5 contains security fixes for the following products :

  - AFP Server

  - Apache mod_perl

  - Apache

  - AppKit

  - ATS

  - CFNetwork

  - CoreGraphics

  - CoreText

  - CUPS

  - Directory Services

  - diskdev_cmds

Disk Images

  - Flash Player plug-in

  - gzip

  - Image Capture

  - ImageIO

  - Image RAW

  - Kernel

  - MySQL

  - neon

  - Networking

  - OpenLDAP

  - OpenSSL

  - Password Server

  - PHP

  - Printing

  - python

  - QuickLook

  - QuickTime

  - Safari RSS

  - Time Machine

  - Wiki Server

  - X11

  - xar

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.5 that does not have Security Update 2010-007 applied. 

This security update contains fixes for the following products :

  - AFP Server
  - Apache mod_perl
  - ATS
  - CFNetwork
  - CoreGraphics
  - CoreText
  - CUPS
  - Directory Services
  - diskdev_cmds
  - Disk Images
  - Flash Player plug-in
  - gzip
  - ImageIO
  - Image RAW
  - MySQL
  - Password Server
  - PHP
  - Printing
  - python
  - QuickLook
  - Safari RSS
  - Wiki Server
  - X11

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.6.x that is prior to 10.6.5.

Mac OS X 10.6.5 contains security fixes for the following products :

  - AFP Server
  - Apache mod_perl
  - Apache
  - AppKit
  - ATS
  - CFNetwork
  - CoreGraphics
  - CoreText
  - CUPS
  - Directory Services
  - diskdev_cmds
  - Disk Images
  - Flash Player plug-in
  - gzip
  - Image Capture
  - ImageIO
  - Image RAW
  - Kernel
  - MySQL
  - neon
  - Networking
  - OpenLDAP
  - OpenSSL
  - Password Server
  - PHP
  - Printing
  - python
  - QuickLook
  - QuickTime
  - Safari RSS
  - Time Machine
  - Wiki Server
  - X11
  - xar

The following bugs have been fixed :

  - local users could delete data files for tables of other     users. (CVE-2010-1626)

  - authenticated users could gather information for tables     they should not have access to. (CVE-2010-1849)

  - authenticated users could crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3683,     CVE-2010-3681, CVE-2010-1848)

  - authenticated users could bypass intended access     restrictions. (CVE-2008-7247, CVE-2009-4030)

- local users could delete data files for tables of other     users (CVE-2010-1626).

  - authenticated users could gather information for tables     they should not have access to (CVE-2010-1849)

  - authenticated users could crash mysqld (CVE-2010-1848)

  - authenticated users could potentially execute arbitrary     code as the user running mysqld (CVE-2010-1850)

  - authenticated users could crash mysqld (CVE-2010-3676,     CVE-2010-3677, CVE-2010-3678, CVE-2010-3679,     CVE-2010-3680, CVE-2010-3681, CVE-2010-3682,     CVE-2010-3683, CVE-2010-2008)

  - a race condition in /etc/init.d/mysql allowed local     users to make any file readable via symlink in /var/tmp     (CVE-2010-3675)

- local users could delete data files for tables of other     users (CVE-2010-1626).

  - authenticated users could gather information for tables     they should not have access to (CVE-2010-1849)

  - authenticated users could crash mysqld (CVE-2010-1848)

  - authenticated users could potentially execute arbitrary     code as the user running mysqld (CVE-2010-1850)

  - authenticated users could crash mysqld (CVE-2010-3677,     CVE-2010-3678, CVE-2010-3681, CVE-2010-3682,     CVE-2010-3683)

Update to MySQL 5.1.47, for various fixes described at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-47.html including fixes for CVE-2010-1848, CVE-2010-1849, CVE-2010-1850 In F13, also create mysql group explicitly in pre-server script, to ensure correct GID

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Versions of MySQL server earlier than 5.1.47 / 5.0.91 are potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The server may continue reading packets indefinitely if it receives a packet larger than the maximum size of one packet, which could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to consume a high level of CPU and bandwidth. (Bug #50974)

  - Using an overly long table name argument to the 'COM_FIELD_LIST' command, an authenticated user can overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the affected host. (Bug #53237)

  - Using a specially crafted table name argument to 'COM_FIELD_LIST', an authenticated user can bypass almost all forms of checks for privileges and table-level grants. (Bug #53371)

It was discovered that MySQL did not check privileges before uninstalling plugins. An authenticated user could uninstall arbitrary plugins, bypassing intended restrictions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-1621)

It was discovered that MySQL could be made to delete another user's data and index files. An authenticated user could use symlinks combined with the DROP TABLE command to possibly bypass privilege checks. (CVE-2010-1626)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly validated the table name argument of the COM_FIELD_LIST command. An authenticated user could use a specially- crafted table name to bypass privilege checks and possibly access other tables. (CVE-2010-1848)

Eric Day discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled certain network packets. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw and cause the server to consume all available resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2010-1849)

It was discovered that MySQL performed incorrect bounds checking on the table name argument of the COM_FIELD_LIST command. An authenticated user could use a specially crafted table name to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-1850).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the MySQL database server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2010-1626     MySQL allows local users to delete the data and index     files of another user's MyISAM table via a symlink     attack in conjunction with the DROP TABLE command.

  - CVE-2010-1848     MySQL failed to check the table name argument of a     COM_FIELD_LIST command packet for validity and     compliance to acceptable table name standards. This     allows an authenticated user with SELECT privileges on     one table to obtain the field definitions of any table     in all other databases and potentially of other MySQL     instances accessible from the server's file system.

  - CVE-2010-1849     MySQL could be tricked to read packets indefinitely if     it received a packet larger than the maximum size of one     packet. This results in high CPU usage and thus denial     of service conditions.

  - CVE-2010-1850     MySQL was susceptible to a buffer-overflow attack due to     a failure to perform bounds checking on the table name     argument of a COM_FIELD_LIST command packet. By sending     long data for the table name, a buffer is overflown,     which could be exploited by an authenticated user to     inject malicious code.

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in mysql :

The server failed to check the table name argument of a COM_FIELD_LIST command packet for validity and compliance to acceptable table name standards. This could be exploited to bypass almost all forms of checks for privileges and table-level grants by providing a specially crafted table name argument to COM_FIELD_LIST (CVE-2010-1848).

The server could be tricked into reading packets indefinitely if it received a packet larger than the maximum size of one packet CVE-2010-1849).

The server was susceptible to a buffer-overflow attack due to a failure to perform bounds checking on the table name argument of a COM_FIELD_LIST command packet. By sending long data for the table name, a buffer is overflown, which could be exploited by an authenticated user to inject malicious code (CVE-2010-1850).

Packages for 2008.0 and 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance Program. Please visit this link to learn more:
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The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

The version of MySQL Community Server installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.1.47 / 5.0.91 and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The server may continue reading packets indefinitely     if it receives a packet larger than the maximum size     of one packet, which could allow an unauthenticated,     remote attacker to consume a high level of CPU     and bandwidth. (Bug #50974)

  - Using an overly long table name argument to the     'COM_FIELD_LIST' command, an authenticated user can     overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the     affected host. (Bug #53237)

  - Using a specially crafted table name argument to     'COM_FIELD_LIST', an authenticated user can bypass     almost all forms of checks for privileges and table-     level grants. (Bug #53371)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198586	RHEL 4 : mysql (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
68457	Oracle Linux 5 : mysql (ELSA-2012-0127)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
58325	Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : mysql-5.1, mysql-dfsg-5.0, mysql-dfsg-5.1 vulnerabilities (USN-1397-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
57951	CentOS 5 : mysql (CESA-2012:0127)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
57930	RHEL 5 : mysql (RHSA-2012:0127)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
57446	GLSA-201201-02 : MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
50936	SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : MySQL (SAT Patch Numbers 3220 / 3243)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
5705	Mac OS X 10.6 < 10.6.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Generic	critical
50549	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2010-007)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
50548	Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
50523	SuSE9 Security Update : MySQL (YOU Patch Number 12661)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
50021	SuSE 10 Security Update : MySQL (ZYPP Patch Number 7172)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
50016	openSUSE Security Update : libmysqlclient-devel (openSUSE-SU-2010:0730-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
50010	openSUSE Security Update : libmysqlclient-devel (openSUSE-SU-2010:0731-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
47523	Fedora 11 : mysql-5.1.47-1.fc11 (2010-9061)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
47522	Fedora 12 : mysql-5.1.47-1.fc12 (2010-9053)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
47519	Fedora 13 : mysql-5.1.47-1.fc13 (2010-9016)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
801133	MySQL Community Server < 5.1.47 / 5.0.91 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Database	medium
5587	MySQL Community Server < 5.1.47 / 5.0.91 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Database	medium
46855	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : mysql-dfsg-5.0, mysql-dfsg-5.1 vulnerabilities (USN-950-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
46832	Debian DSA-2057-1 : mysql-dfsg-5.0 - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
46726	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mysql (MDVSA-2010:107)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium
46702	MySQL Community Server < 5.1.47 / 5.0.91 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Databases	medium

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