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Posted on 18 November 2007
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-25
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Severity: Normal
Title: MySQL: Denial of Service
Date: November 18, 2007
Bugs: #198988
ID: 200711-25
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Synopsis
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A Denial of Service vulnerability was found in MySQL.
Background
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MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-db/mysql < 5.0.44-r2 >= 5.0.44-r2
Description
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Joe Gallo and Artem Russakovskii reported an error in the
convert_search_mode_to_innobase() function in ha_innodb.cc in the
InnoDB engine that is leading to a failed assertion when handling
CONTAINS operations.
Impact
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A remote authenticated attacker with ALTER privileges could send a
specially crafted request to a vulnerable database server possibly
leading to a Denial of Service.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-5.0.44-r2"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-5925
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5925
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-25.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
