Ubuntu Security Notice USN-559-1
20th December, 2007
mysql-dfsg-5.0 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- 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 version:
- 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 LTS:
- mysql-server-5.0 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.6
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.