SuSE Security Announcement — mysql < 3.22.30

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SuSE Security Announcement

Package: mysql < 3.22.30
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:54:49 GMT

Affected SuSE versions: all
Vulnerability Type: remote database access
SuSE default package: no
Other affected systems: all unix systems using mysql <
3.22.30

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A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update as soon as possible or disable the service if you are
using this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s).

Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected
as well, please contact your vendor for information about this
issue.

Please note, that that we provide this information on an “as-is”
basis only. There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for
any direct, indirect or incidental damage arising from this
information or the installation of the update package.

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1. Problem Description

   A bug in the authentication function of mysql allows anyone who
   knows a valid username to successfully authenticate as that users
   in no more than 32 tries.

2. Impact

   Remote users may gain access to the mysql database data.

3. Solution

   Update the package from our FTP server. Please note that it will
   take some time until rpms for 6.1 are available, because the
   security patch does not work on that tree. As a workaround, you
   might try the rpm for SuSE 6.2

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Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates before installing:
(6.1 updates are not available yet. You might try the 6.2 rpm in
the meantime.)

f54f552d0d7137ae9c2fa44968e32e25  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/pay1/mysql-3.22.30-4.alpha.rpm
ff61bdf78c72bb8906578533581188b5  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/pay1/mysql-3.22.30-4.i386.rpm
7e8415360e52a100ffb759099dbc8f25  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/pay1/mysql-3.22.30-4.i386.rpm

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You can find updates on our ftp-Server:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update
for Intel processors
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update
for Alpha processors

or try the following web pages for a list of mirrors:

http://www.suse.de/ftp.html
http://www.suse.com/ftp_new.html

Our webpage for patches:

http://www.suse.de/patches/index.html

Our webpage for security announcements:

http://www.suse.de/security

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security@suse.de

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