Debian Security Advisory
DSA-829-1 mysql -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 30 Sep 2005
- Affected Packages:
- mysql
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 14509.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2558. - More information:
-
A stack-based buffer overflow in the init_syms function of MySQL, a popular database, has been discovered that allows remote authenticated users who can create user-defined functions to execute arbitrary code via a long function_name field. The ability to create user-defined functions is not typically granted to untrusted users.
The following vulnerability matrix shows which version of MySQL in which distribution has this problem fixed:
woody sarge sid mysql 3.23.49-8.14 n/a n/a mysql-dfsg n/a 4.0.24-10sarge1 4.0.24-10sarge1 mysql-dfsg-4.1 n/a 4.1.11a-4sarge2 4.1.14-2 mysql-dfsg-5.0 n/a n/a 5.0.11beta-3 We recommend that you upgrade your mysql packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49-8.14.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49-8.14.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49-8.14.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-common_3.23.49-8.14_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-doc_3.23.49-8.5_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-doc_3.23.49-8.5_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.14_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.14_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.14_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.14_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.14_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.14_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.14_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.14_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.14_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.14_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.14_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.14_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.14_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.14_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.14_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.14_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.14_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.14_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.14_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.14_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.14_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.14_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.14_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.14_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.14_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.14_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.14_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.14_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.14_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.14_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.14_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.14_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.14_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.14_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.