Debian: DSA 707-1 Critical: MySQL Remote Access Security Issues

Sergei Golubchik discovered a problem in the access handling for
similar named databases. If a user is granted privileges to a
database with a name containing an underscore ("_"), the user also
gains privileges to other databases with similar names.

CAN-2005-0709

Stefano Di Paola discovered that MySQL allows remote
authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges to execute
arbitrary code by using CREATE FUNCTION to access libc calls.

CAN-2005-0710

Stefano Di Paola discovered that MySQL allows remote authenticated
users with INSERT and DELETE privileges to bypass library path
restrictions and execute arbitrary libraries by using INSERT INTO
to modify the mysql.func table.

CAN-2005-0711

Stefano Di Paola discovered that MySQL uses predictable file names
when creating temporary tables, which allows local users with
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE privileges to overwrite arbitrary files via
a symlink attack.

For the stable dis...