Gentoo: 202303-3.0 Urgent: MySQL Remote Code Execution Risk
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December 16, 2002
There are multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL.
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- -------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200212-2.1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE : 2002-12-15 12:12 UTC
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The original advisory sent by me contained a typo (net-misc/freeswan should have been dev-db/mysql). This re-issue has the correct text.
From e-matters advisory:
"We have discovered two flaws within the MySQL server that can be used by any MySQL user to crash the server. Furthermore one of the flaws can be used to bypass the MySQL password check or to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running mysqld.
We have also discovered an arbitrary size heap overflow within the mysql client library and another vulnerability that allows to write '\0' to any memory address. Both flaws could allow DOS attacks against or arbitrary code execution within anything linked against libmysqlclient."
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PACKAGE : mysql
SUMMARY : remote DOS and arbitrary code execution
EXPLOIT : remote
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