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VPR Score: 6.7
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
Description
In MySQL 4.0.0 through 5.0.83, multiple format string vulnerabilities in the dispatch_command() function in libmysqld/sql_parse.cc in mysqld allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and potentially the execution of arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a database name in a COM_CREATE_DB or COM_DROP_DB request.
Solution
Upgrade the mysql packages.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 5.0.51a-24+lenny2.
For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.0.32-7etch11.