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Gentoo: GLSA-201409-04 Normal: MySQL Local Escalation Threat

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Various MySQL vulnerabilities found within Gentoo; elevated access risks and exploitation concerns documented.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MySQL, worst of which allows local attackers to escalate their privileges.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MySQL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo MySQL privilege escalation local attack

Resolution

All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-5.5.39"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1861 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1861 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-2134 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2134 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-3839 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3839 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-5767 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5767 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-5770 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5770 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-5786 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5786 [ 7 ] CVE-2013-5793 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5793 [ 8 ] CVE-2013-5807 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5807 [ 9 ] CVE-2013-5860 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5860 [ 10 ] CVE-2013-5881 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5881 [ 11 ] CVE-2013-5882 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5882 [ 12 ] CVE-2013-5891 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5891 [ 13 ] CVE-2013-5894 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201409-04
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 04, 2014
Bugs: #460748, #488212, #498164, #500260, #507802, #518718
ID: 201409-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo MySQL privilege escalation local attack

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MySQL, worst of which allows local attackers to escalate their privileges.

Background

MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/mysql < 5.5.39 >= 5.5.39

Impact

===== A local attacker could possibly gain escalated privileges. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted SQL query, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to specially crafted MySQL server, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.