Oracle MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.49 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) by creating temporary tables with nullable columns while using InnoDB, which triggers an assertion failure.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2011:0164 :

Updated mysql packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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.

The MySQL PolyFromWKB() function did not sanity check Well-Known Binary (WKB) data, which could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3840)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed certain JOIN queries could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to cause excessive CPU use (up to 100%), if a stored procedure contained JOIN queries, and that procedure was executed twice in sequence. (CVE-2010-3839)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed queries that provide a mixture of numeric and longblob data types to the LEAST or GREATEST function, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3838)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed PREPARE statements containing both GROUP_CONCAT and the WITH ROLLUP modifier could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3837)

MySQL did not properly pre-evaluate LIKE arguments in view prepare mode, possibly allowing a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3836)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed statements that assign a value to a user-defined variable and that also contain a logical value evaluation could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3835)

A flaw in the way MySQL evaluated the arguments of extreme-value functions, such as LEAST and GREATEST, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3833)

A flaw in the way MySQL handled LOAD DATA INFILE requests allowed MySQL to send OK packets even when there were errors. (CVE-2010-3683)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed EXPLAIN statements for some complex SELECT queries could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3682)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed certain alternating READ requests provided by HANDLER statements could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3681)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE statements that define NULL columns when using the InnoDB storage engine, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3680)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed certain values provided to the BINLOG statement caused MySQL to read unassigned memory. A remote, authenticated attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3679)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed SQL queries containing IN or CASE statements, when a NULL argument was provided as one of the arguments to the query, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3678)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed JOIN queries that attempt to retrieve data from a unique SET column could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3677)

Note: CVE-2010-3840, CVE-2010-3838, CVE-2010-3837, CVE-2010-3835, CVE-2010-3833, CVE-2010-3682, CVE-2010-3681, CVE-2010-3680, CVE-2010-3678, and CVE-2010-3677 only cause a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after each crash.

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.1.52. Refer to the MySQL release notes for a full list of changes :

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-52.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 Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0825 advisory.

    - Add fixes for CVE-2010-3677, CVE-2010-3680, CVE-2010-3681, CVE-2010-3682,       CVE-2010-3833, CVE-2010-3835, CVE-2010-3836, CVE-2010-3837, CVE-2010-3838,       CVE-2010-3839, CVE-2010-3840     Resolves: #645642

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The MySQL PolyFromWKB() function did not sanity check Well-Known Binary (WKB) data, which could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3840)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed certain JOIN queries could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to cause excessive CPU use (up to 100%), if a stored procedure contained JOIN queries, and that procedure was executed twice in sequence. (CVE-2010-3839)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed queries that provide a mixture of numeric and longblob data types to the LEAST or GREATEST function, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3838)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed PREPARE statements containing both GROUP_CONCAT and the WITH ROLLUP modifier could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3837)

MySQL did not properly pre-evaluate LIKE arguments in view prepare mode, possibly allowing a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3836)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed statements that assign a value to a user-defined variable and that also contain a logical value evaluation could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3835)

A flaw in the way MySQL evaluated the arguments of extreme-value functions, such as LEAST and GREATEST, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3833)

A flaw in the way MySQL handled LOAD DATA INFILE requests allowed MySQL to send OK packets even when there were errors. (CVE-2010-3683)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed EXPLAIN statements for some complex SELECT queries could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3682)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed certain alternating READ requests provided by HANDLER statements could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3681)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE statements that define NULL columns when using the InnoDB storage engine, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3680)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed certain values provided to the BINLOG statement caused MySQL to read unassigned memory. A remote, authenticated attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3679)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed SQL queries containing IN or CASE statements, when a NULL argument was provided as one of the arguments to the query, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3678)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed JOIN queries that attempt to retrieve data from a unique SET column could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3677)

Note: CVE-2010-3840, CVE-2010-3838, CVE-2010-3837, CVE-2010-3835, CVE-2010-3833, CVE-2010-3682, CVE-2010-3681, CVE-2010-3680, CVE-2010-3678, and CVE-2010-3677 only cause a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after each crash.

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.1.52. Refer to the MySQL release notes for a full list of changes :

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-52.html

After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

It was found that the MySQL PolyFromWKB() function did not sanity check Well-Known Binary (WKB) data. A remote, authenticated attacker could use specially crafted WKB data to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3840)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed certain JOIN queries. If a stored procedure contained JOIN queries, and that procedure was executed twice in sequence, it could cause an infinite loop, leading to excessive CPU use (up to 100%). A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2010-3839)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed queries that provide a mixture of numeric and longblob data types to the LEAST or GREATEST function. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3838)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed PREPARE statements containing both GROUP_CONCAT and the WITH ROLLUP modifier. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3837)

It was found that MySQL did not properly pre-evaluate LIKE arguments in view prepare mode. A remote, authenticated attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3836)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed statements that assign a value to a user-defined variable and that also contain a logical value evaluation. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3835)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL evaluated the arguments of extreme-value functions, such as LEAST and GREATEST. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3833)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed EXPLAIN statements for some complex SELECT queries. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3682)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed certain alternating READ requests provided by HANDLER statements. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to provide such requests, causing mysqld to crash. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3681)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE statements that define NULL columns when using the InnoDB storage engine. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3680)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed JOIN queries that attempt to retrieve data from a unique SET column. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3677)

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.

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.

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in mysql :

storage/innobase/dict/dict0crea.c in mysqld in MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.49 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) by modifying the (1) innodb_file_format or (2) innodb_file_per_table configuration parameters for the InnoDB storage engine, then executing a DDL statement (CVE-2010-3676).

MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.49 and 5.0 before 5.0.92 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) via a join query that uses a table with a unique SET column (CVE-2010-3677).

MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.49 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) IN or (2) CASE operations with NULL arguments that are explicitly specified or indirectly provided by the WITH ROLLUP modifier (CVE-2010-3678).

MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.49 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) via certain arguments to the BINLOG command, which triggers an access of uninitialized memory, as demonstrated by valgrind (CVE-2010-3679).

MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.49 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) by creating temporary tables while using InnoDB, which triggers an assertion failure (CVE-2010-3680).

MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.49 and 5.5 before 5.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) by using the HANDLER interface and performing alternate reads from two indexes on a table, which triggers an assertion failure (CVE-2010-3681).

MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.49 and 5.0 before 5.0.92 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) by using EXPLAIN with crafted 'SELECT ... UNION ... ORDER BY \(SELECT ... WHERE ...\)' statements, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the Item_singlerow_subselect::store function (CVE-2010-3682).

MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.49 and 5.5 before 5.5.5 sends an OK packet when a LOAD DATA INFILE request generates SQL errors, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) via a crafted request (CVE-2010-3683).

The updated packages have been upgraded to the latest (last) stable 5.1 release (5.1.54) to address these issues for both Mandriva Linux 2010.0 and 2010.2.

Updated mysql packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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.

The MySQL PolyFromWKB() function did not sanity check Well-Known Binary (WKB) data, which could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3840)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed certain JOIN queries could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to cause excessive CPU use (up to 100%), if a stored procedure contained JOIN queries, and that procedure was executed twice in sequence. (CVE-2010-3839)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed queries that provide a mixture of numeric and longblob data types to the LEAST or GREATEST function, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3838)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed PREPARE statements containing both GROUP_CONCAT and the WITH ROLLUP modifier could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3837)

MySQL did not properly pre-evaluate LIKE arguments in view prepare mode, possibly allowing a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3836)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed statements that assign a value to a user-defined variable and that also contain a logical value evaluation could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3835)

A flaw in the way MySQL evaluated the arguments of extreme-value functions, such as LEAST and GREATEST, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3833)

A flaw in the way MySQL handled LOAD DATA INFILE requests allowed MySQL to send OK packets even when there were errors. (CVE-2010-3683)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed EXPLAIN statements for some complex SELECT queries could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3682)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed certain alternating READ requests provided by HANDLER statements could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3681)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE statements that define NULL columns when using the InnoDB storage engine, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3680)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed certain values provided to the BINLOG statement caused MySQL to read unassigned memory. A remote, authenticated attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash mysqld.
(CVE-2010-3679)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed SQL queries containing IN or CASE statements, when a NULL argument was provided as one of the arguments to the query, could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3678)

A flaw in the way MySQL processed JOIN queries that attempt to retrieve data from a unique SET column could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3677)

Note: CVE-2010-3840, CVE-2010-3838, CVE-2010-3837, CVE-2010-3835, CVE-2010-3833, CVE-2010-3682, CVE-2010-3681, CVE-2010-3680, CVE-2010-3678, and CVE-2010-3677 only cause a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after each crash.

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.1.52. Refer to the MySQL release notes for a full list of changes :

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-52.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.

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

  - CVE-2010-3677     It was discovered that MySQL allows remote authenticated     users to cause a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash)     via a join query that uses a table with a unique SET     column.

  - CVE-2010-3680     It was discovered that MySQL allows remote authenticated     users to cause a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash)     by creating temporary tables while using InnoDB, which     triggers an assertion failure.

  - CVE-2010-3681     It was discovered that MySQL allows remote authenticated     users to cause a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash)     by using the HANDLER interface and performing 'alternate     reads from two indexes on a table,' which triggers an     assertion failure.

  - CVE-2010-3682     It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled use of     EXPLAIN with certain queries. An authenticated user     could crash the server.

  - CVE-2010-3833     It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled     propagation during evaluation of arguments to     extreme-value functions. An authenticated user could     crash the server.

  - CVE-2010-3834     It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled     materializing a derived table that required a temporary     table for grouping. An authenticated user could crash     the server.

  - CVE-2010-3835     It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled certain     user-variable assignment expressions that are evaluated     in a logical expression context. An authenticated user     could crash the server.

  - CVE-2010-3836     It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled     pre-evaluation of LIKE predicates during view     preparation. An authenticated user could crash the     server.

  - CVE-2010-3837     It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled using     GROUP_CONCAT() and WITH ROLLUP together. An     authenticated user could crash the server.

  - CVE-2010-3838     It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled certain     queries using a mixed list of numeric and LONGBLOB     arguments to the GREATEST() or LEAST() functions. An     authenticated user could crash the server.

  - CVE-2010-3840     It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled     improper WKB data passed to the PolyFromWKB() function.
    An authenticated user could crash the server.

Updated mysql packages that fix multiple 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.

It was found that the MySQL PolyFromWKB() function did not sanity check Well-Known Binary (WKB) data. A remote, authenticated attacker could use specially crafted WKB data to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3840)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed certain JOIN queries. If a stored procedure contained JOIN queries, and that procedure was executed twice in sequence, it could cause an infinite loop, leading to excessive CPU use (up to 100%). A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2010-3839)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed queries that provide a mixture of numeric and longblob data types to the LEAST or GREATEST function. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3838)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed PREPARE statements containing both GROUP_CONCAT and the WITH ROLLUP modifier. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3837)

It was found that MySQL did not properly pre-evaluate LIKE arguments in view prepare mode. A remote, authenticated attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash mysqld. (CVE-2010-3836)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed statements that assign a value to a user-defined variable and that also contain a logical value evaluation. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3835)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL evaluated the arguments of extreme-value functions, such as LEAST and GREATEST. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3833)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed EXPLAIN statements for some complex SELECT queries. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3682)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed certain alternating READ requests provided by HANDLER statements. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to provide such requests, causing mysqld to crash. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3681)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE statements that define NULL columns when using the InnoDB storage engine. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3680)

A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed JOIN queries that attempt to retrieve data from a unique SET column. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2010-3677)

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

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled certain requests with the UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY NAME command. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-2008)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled joins involving a table with a unique SET column. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 9.10 and 10.04 LTS.
(CVE-2010-3677)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled NULL arguments to IN() or CASE operations. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-3678)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled malformed arguments to the BINLOG statement. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-3679)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled the use of TEMPORARY InnoDB tables with nullable columns. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 9.10 and 10.04 LTS.
(CVE-2010-3680)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled alternate reads from two indexes on a table using the HANDLER interface. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-3681)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled use of EXPLAIN with certain queries. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-3682)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled error reporting when using LOAD DATA INFILE and would incorrectly raise an assert in certain circumstances. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-3683)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled propagation during evaluation of arguments to extreme-value functions. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.10, 10.04 LTS and 10.10. (CVE-2010-3833)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled materializing a derived table that required a temporary table for grouping. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2010-3834)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled certain user-variable assignment expressions that are evaluated in a logical expression context. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.10, 10.04 LTS and 10.10. (CVE-2010-3835)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled pre-evaluation of LIKE predicates during view preparation. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service.
(CVE-2010-3836)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled using GROUP_CONCAT() and WITH ROLLUP together. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2010-3837)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled certain queries using a mixed list of numeric and LONGBLOB arguments to the GREATEST() or LEAST() functions. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2010-3838)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled queries with nested joins when used from stored procedures and prepared statements. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL hang, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04 LTS and 10.10. (CVE-2010-3839)

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled improper WKB data passed to the PolyFromWKB() function. An authenticated user could exploit this to make MySQL crash, causing a denial of service.
(CVE-2010-3840).

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.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in mysql :

  - Joins involving a table with with a unique SET column     could cause a server crash (CVE-2010-3677).

  - Use of TEMPORARY InnoDB tables with nullable columns     could cause a server crash (CVE-2010-3680).

  - The server could crash if there were alternate reads     from two indexes on a table using the HANDLER interface     (CVE-2010-3681).

  - Using EXPLAIN with queries of the form SELECT ... UNION     ... ORDER BY (SELECT ... WHERE ...) could cause a server     crash (CVE-2010-3682).

  - During evaluation of arguments to extreme-value     functions (such as LEAST() and GREATEST()), type errors     did not propagate properly, causing the server to crash     (CVE-2010-3833).

  - The server could crash after materializing a derived     table that required a temporary table for grouping     (CVE-2010-3834).

  - A user-variable assignment expression that is evaluated     in a logical expression context can be precalculated in     a temporary table for GROUP BY. However, when the     expression value is used after creation of the temporary     table, it was re-evaluated, not read from the table and     a server crash resulted (CVE-2010-3835).

  - Pre-evaluation of LIKE predicates during view     preparation could cause a server crash (CVE-2010-3836).

  - GROUP_CONCAT() and WITH ROLLUP together could cause a     server crash (CVE-2010-3837).

  - Queries could cause a server crash if the GREATEST() or     LEAST() function had a mixed list of numeric and     LONGBLOB arguments, and the result of such a function     was processed using an intermediate temporary table     (CVE-2010-3838).

  - Queries with nested joins could cause an infinite loop     in the server when used from stored procedures and     prepared statements (CVE-2010-3839).

  - The PolyFromWKB() function could crash the server when     improper WKB data was passed to the function     (CVE-2010-3840).

Additionally the default behaviour of using the mysqlmanager instead of the mysqld_safe script has been reverted in the SysV init script because of instability issues with the mysqlmanager.

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance Program. Please visit this link to learn more:
http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?cPath=149&amp;products_id=4 90

The updated packages have been upgraded to mysql 5.0.91 and patched to correct these issues.

- 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)

Update to mysql 5.1.50, for numerous bug fixes including some low-grade security issues.

See upstream release notes at :

  - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-50.html

    -       http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-49.htm       l

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.

The version of MySQL Community Server installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.1.49 and thus potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - DDL statements could cause the server to crash. (55039)

  - Joins involving a table with a unique SET column could     cause the server to crash. (54575)

  - Incorrect handling of NULL arguments for IN or CASE     operations involving the WITH ROLLUP modifier could     cause the server to crash. (54477)

  - A malformed argument to the BINLOG statement could     cause the server to crash. (54393)

  - Using TEMPORARY InnoDB tables with nullable columns     could cause the server to crash. (54044)

  - Alternate reads with two indexes on a table using the     HANDLER interface could cause the server to crash.
    (54007)

  - Using EXPLAIN with queries of the form SELECT ... UNION     ... ORDER BY (SELECT ... WHERE ...) could cause the     server to crash. (52711)

  - LOAD DATA INFILE did not check for SQL errors sent and     even if errors were already reported, it sent an OK     packet. Also, an assert was sometimes raised when it     should not have been relating to client-server protocol     checking in debug servers. (52512)

Versions of MySQL Community Server 5.1 earlier than 5.1.49 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - After changing the values of the 'innodb_file_format' or 'innodb_file_per_table' configuration parameters, DDL statements could cause a server crash. (Bug #55039)

Joins involving a table with a unique SET column could cause a server crash. (Bug #54575)

Incorrect handling of NULL arguments could lead to a crash for IN() or CASE operations when ULL arguments were either passed explicitly as arguments (for IN()) or implicitly generated by the WITH ROLLUP modifier which could lead to a crash. (Bug #54477)

  - A malformed argument to the BINLOG statement could result in Valgrind warnings or a server crash. (Bug #54393)

  - Use of TEMPORARY InnoDB tables with nullabale columns could cause a server crash. (Bug #54044)

  - The server could crash if there were alternate reads from two indexes on a table using the HANDLER interface. (Bug #54007)

  - Using EXPLAIN with specially crafted queries could lead to a crash. (Bug #52711)

  - 'LOAD DATA INFILE' did not check for SQL errors and sent an OK packet even when errors were already reported. (Bug #52512)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in mysql :

MySQL before 5.1.48 allows remote authenticated users with alter database privileges to cause a denial of service (server crash and database loss) via an ALTER DATABASE command with a #mysql50# string followed by a . (dot), .. (dot dot), ../ (dot dot slash) or similar sequence, and an UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY NAME command, which causes MySQL to move certain directories to the server data directory (CVE-2010-2008).

Additionally many security issues noted in the 5.1.49 release notes has been addressed with this advisory as well, such as :

  - LOAD DATA INFILE did not check for SQL errors and sent     an OK packet even when errors were already reported.
    Also, an assert related to client-server protocol     checking in debug servers sometimes was raised when it     should not have been. (Bug#52512) (CVE-2010-3683)

  - Using EXPLAIN with queries of the form SELECT ... UNION     ... ORDER BY (SELECT ... WHERE ...) could cause a server     crash. (Bug#52711) (CVE-2010-3682)

  - The server could crash if there were alternate reads     from two indexes on a table using the HANDLER interface.
    (Bug#54007) (CVE-2010-3681)

  - A malformed argument to the BINLOG statement could     result in Valgrind warnings or a server crash.
    (Bug#54393) (CVE-2010-3679)

  - Incorrect handling of NULL arguments could lead to a     crash for IN() or CASE operations when NULL arguments     were either passed explicitly as arguments (for IN()) or     implicitly generated by the WITH ROLLUP modifier (for     IN() and CASE). (Bug#54477) (CVE-2010-3678)

  - Joins involving a table with with a unique SET column     could cause a server crash. (Bug#54575) (CVE-2010-3677)

  - Use of TEMPORARY InnoDB tables with nullable columns     could cause a server crash. (Bug#54044) (CVE-2010-3680)

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Update :

Packages for 2009.1 was not provided with the MDVSA-2010:155 advisory.
This advisory provides the missing packages.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
68184	Oracle Linux 6 : mysql (ELSA-2011-0164)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
68134	Oracle Linux 5 : mysql (ELSA-2010-0825)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
60940	Scientific Linux Security Update : mysql on SL6.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
60884	Scientific Linux Security Update : mysql on SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific 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
57446	GLSA-201201-02 : MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
51804	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mysql (MDVSA-2011:012)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium
51571	RHEL 6 : mysql (RHSA-2011:0164)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
51530	Debian DSA-2143-1 : mysql-dfsg-5.0 - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
50806	CentOS 5 : mysql (CESA-2010:0825)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
50573	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : mysql-5.1, mysql-dfsg-5.0, mysql-dfsg-5.1 vulnerabilities (USN-1017-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
50533	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mysql (MDVSA-2010:222)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium
50474	RHEL 5 : mysql (RHSA-2010:0825)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
50016	openSUSE Security Update : libmysqlclient-devel (openSUSE-SU-2010:0730-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
49727	Fedora 13 : mysql-5.1.50-2.fc13 (2010-15166)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
49726	Fedora 14 : mysql-5.1.50-2.fc14 (2010-15147)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
48759	MySQL Community Server < 5.1.49 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Databases	medium
801140	MySQL Community Server 5.1 < 5.1.49 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Database	medium
5646	MySQL Community Server 5.1 < 5.1.49 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Database	medium
48399	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mysql (MDVSA-2010:155-1)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium

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