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Debian: DSA-2144-1 Critical: MySQL Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey January 14, 2011
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Recent Debian updates have addressed and resolved MySQL server vulnerabilities to bolster security measures.
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the MySQL database server

Summary


Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the MySQL
database server.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems:


CVE-2010-3677

It was discovered that MySQL allows remote authenticated users to cause
a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) via a join query that uses a
table with a unique SET column.


CVE-2010-3680

It was discovered that MySQL allows remote authenticated users to cause
a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) by creating temporary tables
while using InnoDB, which triggers an assertion failure.


CVE-2010-3681

It was discovered that MySQL allows remote authenticated users to cause
a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) by using the HANDLER interface
and performing "alternate reads from two indexes on a table," which
triggers an assertion failure.


CVE-2010-3682

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled use of EXPLAIN with
certain queries.
An authenticated user could crash the server.


CVE-2010-3833

It was disc...

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Package: mysql-dfsg-5.0
CVE ID: CVE-2010-3677 CVE-2010-3680 CVE-2010-3681 CVE-2010-3682 CVE-2010-3833 CVE-2010-3834 CVE-2010-3835 CVE-2010-3836 CVE-2010-3837 CVE-2010-3838 CVE-2010-3840

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