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Gentoo: GLSA-200503-19 Normal: MySQL Local File Overwrite Attack

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Calendar Grey March 16, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
PostgreSQL in Arch Linux presents several security flaws that might enable unauthorized file access or code injection.
MySQL contains several vulnerabilities potentially leading to the overwriting of local files or to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-19 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: March 16, 2005 Bugs: #84819 ID: 200503-19

Synopsis ======= MySQL contains several vulnerabilities potentially leading to the overwriting of local files or to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= MySQL is a fast, multi-threaded, multi-user SQL database server.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/mysql < 4.0.24 >= 4.0.24
========== MySQL fails to properly validate input for authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges (CAN-2005-0709 and CAN-2005-0710). Furthermore MySQL uses...

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