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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : mysql-dfsg-5.0 vulnerabilities (USN-338-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 27917
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Dmitri Lenev discovered that arguments of setuid SQL functions were evaluated in the security context of the functions' definer instead of its caller. An authenticated user with the privilege to call such a function could exploit this to execute arbitrary statements with the privileges of the definer of that function. (CVE-2006-4227)Peter Gulutzan reported a potentially confusing situation of the MERGE table engine. If an user creates a merge table, and the administrator later revokes privileges on the original table only (without changing the privileges on the merge table), that user still has access to the data by using the merge table. This is intended behaviour, but might be undesirable in some installations; this update introduces a new server option '--skip-merge' which disables the MERGE engine completely. (CVE-2006-4031).
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Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 27917
File Name: ubuntu_USN-338-1.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 11/10/2007
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient15-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient15off, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client-5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-5.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2006
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-4031, CVE-2006-4227
BID: 19279