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Debian DSA-1451-1 : mysql-dfsg-5.0 - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 29860

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several local/remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the MySQL database server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CVE-2007-3781 It was discovered that the privilege validation for the source table of CREATE TABLE LIKE statements was insufficiently enforced, which might lead to information disclosure. This is only exploitable by authenticated users.

 - CVE-2007-5969 It was discovered that symbolic links were handled insecurely during the creation of tables with DATA DIRECTORY or INDEX DIRECTORY statements, which might lead to denial of service by overwriting data. This is only exploitable by authenticated users.

 - CVE-2007-6304 It was discovered that queries to data in a FEDERATED table can lead to a crash of the local database server, if the remote server returns information with less columns than expected, resulting in denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the mysql-dfsg-5.0 packages.

The old stable distribution (sarge) doesn't contain mysql-dfsg-5.0.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.32-7etch4.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3781

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5969

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6304

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1451

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29860

File Name: debian_DSA-1451.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mysql-dfsg-5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3781, CVE-2007-5969, CVE-2007-6304

CWE: 264

DSA: 1451