Ubuntu Security Notice USN-306-1
27th June, 2006
mysql-dfsg-4.1 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 5.10
Details
MySQL did not correctly handle NULL as the second argument to the
str_to_date() function. An authenticated user could exploit this to
crash the server.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- mysql-server-4.1 4.1.12-1ubuntu3.6
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.