Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory FLSA-2005:2129.
This update fixes a number of potential security problems associated with careless handling of temporary files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2004-0381, CVE-2004-0388, CVE-2004-0457, and CVE-2005-0004 to these issues.
Oleksandr Byelkin discovered that ALTER TABLE ... RENAME checked the CREATE/INSERT rights of the old table instead of the new one. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0835 to this issue.
Lukasz Wojtow discovered a buffer overrun in the mysql_real_connect function. In order to exploit this issue an attacker would need to force the use of a malicious DNS server (CVE-2004-0836).
Dean Ellis discovered that multiple threads ALTERing the same (or different) MERGE tables to change the UNION could cause the server to crash or stall (CVE-2004-0837).
Sergei Golubchik discovered that if a user is granted privileges to a database with a name containing an underscore (_), the user also gains the ability to grant privileges to other databases with similar names (CVE-2004-0957).
All users of mysql should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.
Affected platforms: Redhat 7.3 Redhat 9 Fedora Core 1
Solution: https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FLSA-2005:2129
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score: 10.0
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