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GLSA-200705-11 : MySQL: Two Denial of Service vulnerabilities

low Nessus Plugin ID 25188

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-200705-11 (MySQL: Two Denial of Service vulnerabilities)

 mu-b discovered a NULL pointer dereference in item_cmpfunc.cc when processing certain types of SQL requests. Sec Consult also discovered another NULL pointer dereference when sorting certain types of queries on the database metadata.
 Impact :

 In both cases, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted SQL request to the server, possibly resulting in a server crash. Note that the attacker needs the ability to execute SELECT queries.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/mysql-5.0.38'

See Also

https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27513

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200705-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 25188

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200705-11.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 5/10/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/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: 5/8/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1420

GLSA: 200705-11