Summary
The remote host is missing an update to mysql-dfsg-4.1 announced via advisory DSA 833-2.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20833-2
Insight
A stack-based buffer overflow in the init_syms function of MySQL, a popular database, has been discovered that allows remote authenticated users who can create user-defined functions to execute arbitrary code via a long function_name field. The ability to create user-defined functions is not typically granted to untrusted users.
The following vulnerability matrix explains which version of MySQL in which distribution has this problem fixed:
woody sarge sid
mysql 3.23.49-8.14 n/a n/a mysql-dfsg n/a 4.0.24-10sarge1 4.0.24-10sarge1 mysql-dfsg-4.1 n/a 4.1.11a-4sarge2 4.1.14-2 mysql-dfsg-5.0 n/a n/a 5.0.11beta-3
This update only covers binary packages for the big endian MIPS architecture that was mysteriously forgotton in the earlier update.
We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-dfsg-4.1 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2558 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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