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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-63-1 January 18, 2005 mysql-dfsg vulnerability CAN-2005-0004 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: mysql-client The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 4.0.20-2ubuntu1.2. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña noticed that the "mysqlaccess" program created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symbolic link attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program.