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FreeBSD Ports: mysql-server
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: mysql-server CVE-2006-1516 The check_connection function in sql_parse.cc in MySQL 4.0.x up to 4.0.26, 4.1.x up to 4.1.18, and 5.0.x up to 5.0.20 allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a username without a trailing null byte, which causes a buffer over-read. CVE-2006-1517 sql_parse.cc in MySQL 4.0.x up to 4.0.26, 4.1.x up to 4.1.18, and 5.0.x up to 5.0.20 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a COM_TABLE_DUMP request with an incorrect packet length, which includes portions of memory in an error message. CVE-2006-1518 Buffer overflow in the open_table function in sql_base.cc in MySQL 5.0.x up to 5.0.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted COM_TABLE_DUMP packets with invalid length values.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=7 http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=8 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-0-27.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-19.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-10.html http://secunia.com/advisories/19929/ http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/a8d8713e-dc83-11da-a22b-000c6ec775d9.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/4913886c-e875-11da-b9f4-00123ffe8333.html