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Scientific Linux: Low Advisory for MySQL CVE-2012-4452 - Security Issue

Low: mysql security and bug fix update. Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:10:17 -0600 Reply-To: Pat Riehecky Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Pat Riehecky Organization: Fermilab Subject: Security ERRATA Low: mysql on SL5.x i386/x86_64 MIME-Version: 1.0 Synopsis: Low: mysql security and bug fix update Issue Date: 2013-01-08 CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-4452 -- It was found that the fix for the CVE-2009-4030 issue, a flaw in the way MySQL checked the paths used as arguments for the DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY directives when the "datadir" option was configured with a relative path, was incorrectly removed when the mysql packages in Scientific Linux 5 were updated to version 5.0.95 via SLSA-2012:0127. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to bypass the restriction preventing the use of subdirectories of the MySQL data directory being used as DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY paths. This update re-applies the fix for CVE-2009-4030. (CVE-2012-4452) Note: If the use of the DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY directives were disabled as described in SLSA-2010:0109 (by adding "symbolic-links=0" to the "[mysqld]" section of the "my.cnf" configuration file), users were not vulnerable to this issue. This update also fixes the following bugs: * Prior to this update, the log file path in the logrotate script did not behave as expected. As a consequence, the logrotate function failed to rotate the "/var/log/mysqld.log" file. This update modifies the logrotate script to allow rotating the mysqld.log file. * Prior to this update, the mysqld daemon could fail when using the EXPLAIN flag in prepared statement mode. This update modifies the underlying code to handle the EXPLAIN flag as expected. * Prior to this update, the mysqld init script could wrongly report that mysql server startup failed when the server was actually started. This update modifies the init script to report the status of the mysqld server as expected. * Prior to this update, the "--enable-profiling" option was bydefault disabled. This update enables the profiling feature. After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically. -- SL5 x86_64 mysql-5.0.95-3.el5.i386.rpm mysql-5.0.95-3.el5.x86_64.rpm mysql-debuginfo-5.0.95-3.el5.i386.rpm mysql-debuginfo-5.0.95-3.el5.x86_64.rpm mysql-bench-5.0.95-3.el5.x86_64.rpm mysql-devel-5.0.95-3.el5.i386.rpm mysql-devel-5.0.95-3.el5.x86_64.rpm mysql-server-5.0.95-3.el5.x86_64.rpm mysql-test-5.0.95-3.el5.x86_64.rpm i386 mysql-5.0.95-3.el5.i386.rpm mysql-debuginfo-5.0.95-3.el5.i386.rpm mysql-bench-5.0.95-3.el5.i386.rpm mysql-devel-5.0.95-3.el5.i386.rpm mysql-server-5.0.95-3.el5.i386.rpm mysql-test-5.0.95-3.el5.i386.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . A minor update for PostgreSQL on Red Hat addresses vulnerabilities and rectifies issues in database functions.. mysql update, Scientific Linux security, MySQL bug fix, data directory issue. . Severity: Low. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 16, 2013 •Low Scientific Linux