[ MDVSA-2009:179 ] mysql

[dude67]

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Package : mysql
Date : July 29, 2009
Affected: Enterprise Server 5.0
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in mysql:

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the dispatch_command function
in libmysqld/sql_parse.cc in mysqld in MySQL 4.0.0 through 5.0.83 allow
remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash)
and possibly have unspecified other impact via format string specifiers
in a database name in a (1) COM_CREATE_DB or (2) COM_DROP_DB request.
NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information
(CVE-2009-2446).

This update provides fixes for this vulnerability.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2009-2446
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