Debian DSA-2057-1 : mysql-dfsg-5.0 - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 46832

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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

- CVE-2010-1626 MySQL allows local users to delete the data and index files of another user's MyISAM table via a symlink attack in conjunction with the DROP TABLE command.

- CVE-2010-1848 MySQL failed to check the table name argument of a COM_FIELD_LIST command packet for validity and compliance to acceptable table name standards. This allows an authenticated user with SELECT privileges on one table to obtain the field definitions of any table in all other databases and potentially of other MySQL instances accessible from the server's file system.

- CVE-2010-1849 MySQL could be tricked to read packets indefinitely if it received a packet larger than the maximum size of one packet. This results in high CPU usage and thus denial of service conditions.

- CVE-2010-1850 MySQL was susceptible to a buffer-overflow attack due to a failure to perform bounds checking on the table name argument of a COM_FIELD_LIST command packet. By sending long data for the table name, a buffer is overflown, which could be exploited by an authenticated user to inject malicious code.

Solution

Upgrade the mysql-dfsg-5.0 package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.51a-24+lenny4

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1626

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1848

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1849

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1850

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2057

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 46832

File Name: debian_DSA-2057.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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:debian:debian_linux:mysql-dfsg-5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2010

Exploitable With

CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1626, CVE-2010-1848, CVE-2010-1849, CVE-2010-1850

BID: 40100, 40106, 40109, 40257

DSA: 2057