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Debian Security Advisory DSA 540-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
August 18th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

Package : mysql
Vulnerability : insecure file creation
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0457

Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> discovered an insecure temporary file vulnerability in the mysqlhotcopy script when using the scp method which is part of the mysql-server packge

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.23.49-8.7 of mysql.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.20-11 of mysql-dfsg.

We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-server package.

Upgrade Instructions

wget url

will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb

will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:

apt-get update

will update the internal database apt-get upgrade

will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49-8.7.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 875 0253bc04d4342b0b47be1ac4be381fcb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49-8.7.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 62203 56ed69d5cf8f501a3dfcd26c5424967b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 11861035 a2820d81997779a9fdf1f4b3c321564a

Architecture independent components:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-common_3.23.49-8.7_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16966 0d4cd91f0862c147d2a4fcb190220e46
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-doc_3.23.49-8.5_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1962992 a4cacebaadf9d5988da0ed1a336b48e6

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 277782 84bbf59abaf73966c82c335af4e0ef33
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 778838 d40cc28047accb94bb6c2cad46c46830
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 163608 35b77731392a90711e8a0d4f4452380d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3634314 633ac1e9469ee237a98b591a48c3e07b

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 238392 b75905023a478a1f94b5a7208ec8976e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 634684 371509a46f9810a8332435743a59ec68
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 124018 c5502886cc95d7c30e61c37b5236c7ab
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2806166 8273e10a96155956e136d16308f0c733

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 234728 d750bba77d074b2c08214a4079f71993
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 576628 a56c5b97161e912ae083aa77aeceaeda
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 122568 e2ca446cef57cffc83e3c4424436fb48
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2800660 83d57e469ffe22060c25cc7ad0275b90

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 315114 d4130def7e18f8df5b666a6a6f76e04c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 848640 1c224cfb5bb1a353267111b5e5332340
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 173834 e12daa69c9d09caa8a2a89fe139ba2ae
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4000194 0a9a09412a045fc321db24cae47855fd

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 280660 82775e57a5f2149525b22913360b1b7b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 743766 a0ab2c3dee3a7f21353993beb69af4be
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 140656 9f420fba715ddddb8449c92f726cd535
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3514790 24fe02cf3d7ad3a3e875ae5192248fe6

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 227724 6b369645a2ab31d3b9e3818376f96f14
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 557870 950f89f1e47451bcada42afbfc1616b3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 118440 fcf4b08ce268a75860c30534bc24c7c3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2646646 d2280764c2e1f01bbfe3c3d4f168cf20

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 250988 cccf9eeaa5124a56cf44746b1f041d67
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 689130 88f5d5d1643099bd81706d64a6af3c2b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 133938 89f000380c7e3b13f87e8fca48e00e7e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2848238 c970656b529ebe83d7e8b40e5b4cd8f6

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 250664 e53634cf126c1568a9a4d594cd233497
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 688600 072446a7a7f6c3a68a2a27b44fe86d93
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 134302 a371a6148b5d8447fdd4bc351c60aaab
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2839356 9ddea423e6af652be2cccb798ee5b79b

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 247750 d0834fcb13cd965944cd2e333fde4e1b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 652692 d95b165e3d32e7c0fed77894b26d4099
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 129464 6c5a3a147f8addfb11468363ac9d359f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2823174 a9b047917ec5434d43822012b71a7089

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 250064 ff9145b181f1444666dad04737a150e0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 607144 0e83a668c929ced395cf3ca606e0f12c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 126464 68d3a65090e78b4f55b2a9a462a950fb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2691100 45694091af758ba8caa1a377770f21f8

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.7_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 241270 4e646c1bb89ead3639a17687841520c2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.7_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 615778 d8c22eaba1f675ee99e5b86f3eedbd5e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.7_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 130430 fbd382e2af812d545810ea0dd3813ad6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.7_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2939782 9094961028c0f5d32fa1c5aebf5beec2

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update.