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GLSA-200608-09 : MySQL: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22167

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200608-09 (MySQL: Denial of Service)

 Jean-David Maillefer discovered a format string vulnerability in time.cc where MySQL fails to properly handle specially formatted user input to the date_format function.
 Impact :

 By specifying a format string as the first parameter to the date_format function, an authenticated attacker could cause MySQL to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot '>=dev-db/mysql-4.1.21'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200608-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22167

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200608-09.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 8/7/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mysql, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3469

GLSA: 200608-09