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Debian 3.1 DSA-020-2 Important: Postgresql Local Security Flaw Notification

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Calendar Grey January 22, 2001
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Swiftly elevate your mysql setup to address a critical remote buffer overflow flaw that enables unauthorized access.
A buffer overflow in the mysql server that leads to a remote exploit exists in previous versions.

Summary

Package : mysql
Vulnerability : remote buffer overflow
Debian-specific: no

Nicolas Gregoire has reported a buffer overflow in the mysql server
that leads to a remote exploit. An attacker could gain mysqld
privileges (and thus gaining access to all the databases).

We recommend you upgrade your mysql package immediately.

wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato

Potato was released for the alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc
architectures.


Source archives:


MD5 checksum: c51f4fa36d30c16801e38a38b7e13e6b

MD5 checksum: 437e8a39376083d9469f3f8d7407f5fe

MD5 checksum: e3d9cb3038a2e4378c9c0f4f9d8c2d58

Architecture independent:


MD5 checksum: c8a4152f4800c4c4f60e7765985c5804

Intel ia32 architecture:


MD5 checksum: 031e0992c9af127c7de18283b0...

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