USN-559-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• mysql-dfsg-5.0 -

Details

Joe Gallo and Artem Russakovskii discovered that the InnoDB
engine in MySQL did not properly perform input validation. An
authenticated user could use a crafted CONTAINS statement to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-5925)

It was discovered that under certain conditions MySQL could be
made to overwrite system table information. An authenticated
user could use a crafted RENAME statement to escalate privileges.
(CVE-2007-5969)

Philip Stoev discovered that the the federated engine of MySQL
did not properly handle responses with a small number of columns.
An authenticated user could use a crafted response to a SHOW
TABLE STATUS query and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6304)

It was discovered that MySQL did not properly enforce access
controls. An authenticated user could use a crafted CREATE TABLE
LIKE statement to escalate privileges. (CVE-2007-3781)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.10

• mysql-server-5.0 - 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 7.04

• mysql-server-5.0 - 5.0.38-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 6.10

• mysql-server-5.0 - 5.0.24a-9ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 6.06

• mysql-server-5.0 - 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.6

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-3781
• CVE-2007-5925
• CVE-2007-5969
• CVE-2007-6304

Related notices

• USN-1397-1: mysql-server-5.0, mysql-dfsg-5.0, mysql-5.1, mysql-dfsg-5.1, mysql-server-5.1