GLSA-200708-10 : MySQL: Denial of Service and information leakage

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25916

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-200708-10 (MySQL: Denial of Service and information leakage)

Dormando reported a vulnerability within the handling of password packets in the connection protocol (CVE-2007-3780). Andrei Elkin also found that the 'CREATE TABLE LIKE' command didn't require SELECT privileges on the source table (CVE-2007-3781).
Impact :

A remote unauthenticated attacker could use the first vulnerability to make the server crash. The second vulnerability can be used by authenticated users to obtain information on tables they are not normally able to access.
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-5.0.44'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25916

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200708-10.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/21/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3780, CVE-2007-3781

BID: 25017

CWE: 20

GLSA: 200708-10

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