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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1783-1] New mysql-dfsg-5.0 packages fix multiple vulner

    From Devin Carraway@1:229/2 to All on Wed Apr 29 10:30:09 2009
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1783 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Devin Carraway
    April 29, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : mysql-dfsg-5.0
    Vulnerability : multiple
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-3963 CVE-2008-4456
    Debian Bug : 498362

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified affecting MySQL, a
    relational database server, and its associated interactive client
    application. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
    identifies the following two problems:

    CVE-2008-3963

    Kay Roepke reported that the MySQL server would not properly handle
    an empty bit-string literal in an SQL statement, allowing an
    authenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (a crash)
    in mysqld. This issue affects the oldstable distribution (etch), but
    not the stable distribution (lenny).

    CVE-2008-4456

    Thomas Henlich reported that the MySQL commandline client application
    did not encode HTML special characters when run in HTML output mode
    (that is, "mysql --html ..."). This could potentially lead to
    cross-site scripting or unintended script privilege escalation if
    the resulting output is viewed in a browser or incorporated into
    a web site.

    For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.32-7etch10.

    For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
    version 5.0.51a-24+lenny1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-dfsg-5.0 packages.


    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian (oldstable)
    - ------------------

    Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-dfsg-5.0_5.0.32-7etch10.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 316316 8b223eaabb58e59dd94eb0d4a8c92aea
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-dfsg-5.0_5.0.32.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 16439441 f99df050b0b847adf7702b44e79ac877
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-dfsg-5.0_5.0.32-7etch10.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1119 dcbded9cba0e19d190fc2f77f134c550

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server_5.0.32-7etch10_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 48356 e97c3e229d72842f1dd5b4ee7f1251ce
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client_5.0.32-7etch10_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 46278 58c0f9871167c5cea7ef590300c1f615
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-common_5.0.32-7etch10_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 55042 5e386582b3fd7d2b81f1ade654a00057

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch10_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 8906160 a16ce759550234c3f2dd0951a6eb89b4
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch10_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 27247262 396f7d23a26b3811c1962556e4178a29
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch10_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1947978 6dafad44578cfa7b49b923351c3bd103
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch10_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 48372 c0729575a598fb0265280781b7365834
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch10_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 8405666 3464e330822fb59efbeafacd2e40ede4

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch10_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1832088 357250a49039aa2ccaa55f25e8e3968e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch10_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 7381776 3638e4cd74fbbc929adb68d260c7a485
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch10_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 7548200 bdc8d651e463e0c4b7ed287b7ca1f43c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch10_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 48378 4160e8467f4590b4e9f9be20acdd778d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch10_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 25941038 081d5f54c7e3be08c7e8776e78e874a6

    arm architecture (ARM)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch10_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 48434 b4f7a8ce2d9b4db432b0f8255751b313
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch10_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 7208068 0c231cb7c1f1c44a44632721e3686a9f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch10_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1748598 9390f41e7016ad267e49ff35c42069a9
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch10_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 6931012 124a12ba4d32234f8a7eecefbc65ca1f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch10_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 25347856 7f872c65f8e45ca4b73e938a421a41fe

    hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch10_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1922874 8af809572a8f0970dac614e56d0a2d99
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch10_hppa.deb

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