USN-440-1: MySQL vulnerability
22 March 2007
MySQL vulnerability
Releases
Details
Stefan Streichbier and B. Mueller of SEC Consult discovered that MySQL
subselect queries using "ORDER BY" could be made to crash the MySQL
server. An attacker with access to a MySQL instance could cause an
intermitant denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.10
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mysql-server-5.0
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5.0.24a-9ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 6.06
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mysql-server-5.0
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5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.3
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.