__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN MySQL-dfsg-5.0 Vulnerabilities [Debian Security Advisory DSA-1478-1] January 30, 2008 20:00 GMT Number S-145 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: There are two buffer overflows in YaSSL, an SSL implementation included in the MySQL database package, which could lead to denial of service and possibly the execution of arbitrary code. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable) DAMAGE: DoS and possibly execution of arbitrary code. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Could lead to denial of service and ASSESSMENT: possibly the execution of arbitrary code. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-145.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1478 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2008-0226 CVE-2008-0227 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA-1478-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-1478-1 mysql-dfsg-5.0 -- buffer overflows Date Reported: 28 Jan 2008 Affected Packages: mysql-dfsg-5.0 Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0226, CVE-2008-0227. More information: Luigi Auriemma discovered two buffer overflows in YaSSL, an SSL implementation included in the MySQL database package, which could lead to denial of service and possibly the execution of arbitrary code. The old stable distribution (sarge) doesn't contain mysql-dfsg-5.0. For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.32-7etch5. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.51-3. We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-dfsg-5.0 package. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-dfsg-5.0_5.0.32.orig.tar.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-dfsg-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-dfsg-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5.dsc Architecture-independent component: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client_5.0.32-7etch5_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server_5.0.32-7etch5_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-common_5.0.32-7etch5_all.deb Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch5_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch5_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch5_alpha.deb AMD64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch5_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch5_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch5_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_amd64.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch5_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch5_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch5_arm.deb HP Precision: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch5_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch5_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch5_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_hppa.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch5_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch5_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch5_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch5_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch5_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch5_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_ia64.deb Big-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch5_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch5_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch5_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_mips.deb Little-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch5_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch5_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch5_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch5_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch5_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch5_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch5_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch5_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch5_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-client-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-4.1_5.0.32-7etch5_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15-dev_5.0.32-7etch5_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.32-7etch5_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.32-7etch5_sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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