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Red Hat: RHSA-2001:003-07 Moderate: MySQL Buffer Overflow Issue

The MySQL database that shipped with Red Hat Linux 7 and the updates for ithave been reported by the MySQL authors to have security problems.. ` --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated mysql packages available for Red Hat Linux 7 Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:003-07 Issue date: 2001-01-18 Updated on: 2001-01-23 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: mysql security buffer overflow Cross references: Obsoletes: RHBA-2000:133 RHBA-2000:067 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: The MySQL database that shipped with Red Hat Linux 7 and the updates for it have been reported by the MySQL authors to have security problems. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386 3. Problem description: The MySQL database that shipped with Red Hat Linux 7 and the updates for it have been reported by the MySQL authors to have security problems. These problems (buffer overflow and information protection issues) have been fixed in version 3.23.32, which also contains the earlier fixes. Note that MySQL has updated its client library since the initial version shipped with Red Hat Linux 7. A new package, mysqlclient9, must be used for running applications linked with the libmysqlclient.so.9 library. 4. Solution: Because of dependencies, the packages must be installed as a group. After downloading all RPMs needed for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Uvh mysql* Note that in rare cases, the shutdown of the old database fails after upgrade - to ensure a smooth upgrade, shut the database down before upgrading: service mysqld stop 5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info): 24381 - Buffer Overflow in MySQL

Jan 23, 2001 Red Hat