metadata/glsa/glsa-200608-09.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200608-09">
  <title>MySQL: Denial of Service</title>
  <synopsis>
    An authenticated user can crash MySQL through invalid parameters to the
    date_format function.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mysql</product>
  <announced>August 06, 2006</announced>
  <revised>August 07, 2006: 02</revised>
  <bug>142429</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-db/mysql" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">4.1.21</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="lt">4.1.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">4.1.21</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Jean-David Maillefer discovered a format string vulnerability in
    time.cc where MySQL fails to properly handle specially formatted user
    input to the date_format function.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    By specifying a format string as the first parameter to the date_format
    function, an authenticated attacker could cause MySQL to crash,
    resulting in a Denial of Service.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot &quot;&gt;=dev-db/mysql-4.1.21&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3469">CVE-2006-3469</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:22:07 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:22:38 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 06 Aug 2006 18:32:52 +0000">
    hlieberman
  </metadata>
</glsa>