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Conectiva Linux Security Announcement – MySQL

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 26, 2001

Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:22:04 -0200
From: secure@CONECTIVA.COM.BR
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: [CLA-2001:375] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement –
MySQL


CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT

PACKAGE   : MySQL
SUMMARY   : Remote exploit
DATE      : 2001-01-25 15:38:00
ID        : CLA-2001:375
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0

DESCRIPTION
MySQL is a very popular database. Versions older than 3.23.31 have
a buffer overflow vulnerability that could be exploited remotely
depending on how the database access is configured (via web, for
example).

SOLUTION
It is recommended that all MySQL users update their packages
immediately.
Older versions of Conectiva Linux ran the mysqld daemon as root.
This update changes that behaviour for these older versions so that
the daemon now runs as the “mysql” user instead of root. CL6.0
already has this feature. Users upgrading older versions should
check the /var/lib/mysql directory for permissions for the mysql
user. Usually, a “chown -R mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql” should be
enough. Also, programs using the dynamic library of MySQL should be
recompiled after this update.

DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES

ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/SRPMS/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.src.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/i386/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/i386/MySQL-client-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/i386/MySQL-devel-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/i386/MySQL-devel-static-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/i386/MySQL-bench-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/SRPMS/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.src.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/i386/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/i386/MySQL-client-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/i386/MySQL-devel-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/i386/MySQL-devel-static-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/i386/MySQL-bench-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/SRPMS/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.src.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/i386/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/i386/MySQL-client-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/i386/MySQL-devel-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/i386/MySQL-devel-static-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/i386/MySQL-bench-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/SRPMS/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.src.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/MySQL-client-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/MySQL-devel-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/MySQL-devel-static-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/MySQL-bench-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.src.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/MySQL-client-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/MySQL-devel-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/MySQL-devel-static-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/MySQL-bench-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.src.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/MySQL-client-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/MySQL-devel-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/MySQL-devel-static-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/MySQL-bench-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.src.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/MySQL-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/MySQL-client-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/MySQL-devel-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/MySQL-devel-static-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm


ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/MySQL-bench-3.23.32-2cl.i386.rpm

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to
perform upgrades:
– add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not
there yet (you may also use linuxconf to do this):

rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br
6.0/conectiva updates

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade
examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en


All packages are signed with Conectiva’s GPG key. The key and
instructions on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en

Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can
be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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