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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:26 am Post subject: [ GLSA 200711-25 ] MySQL: Denial of Service |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: MySQL: Denial of Service (GLSA 200711-25)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: November 18, 2007
Bug(s): #198988
ID: 200711-25
Synopsis
A Denial of Service vulnerability was found in MySQL.
Background
MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server.
Affected Packages
Package: dev-db/mysql
Vulnerable: < 5.0.44-r2
Unaffected: >= 5.0.44-r2
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
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
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
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-5.0.44-r2" |
References
CVE-2007-5925
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