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Gentoo: GLSA-200804-05 High: PostgreSQL Remote Exploit Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey April 6, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
PostgreSQL on Arch Linux possesses several security flaws, resulting in data leaks and service outages. Immediate update advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL might lead to privilege escalation and Denial of Service.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200804-04 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: April 06, 2008 Bugs: #201669 ID: 200804-04

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL might lead to privilege escalation and Denial of Service.
Background ========= MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/mysql < 5.0.54 >= 5.0.54
========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in MySQL:
* Mattias Jonsson reported that a "RENAME TABLE" command against a table with explicit "DATA DIRECTORY" and "INDEX DIRECTORY" options would ov...

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