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OpenPKG Security Advisory The OpenPKG Project http://www.openpkg.org/security.html http://www.openpkg.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPKG-SA-2003.038 15-Sep-2003 ________________________________________________________________________ Package: mysql Vulnerability: arbitrary code execution OpenPKG Specific: no Affected Releases: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages: OpenPKG CURRENT <= mysql-4.0.14-20030904 >= mysql-4.0.15-20030910 OpenPKG 1.3 <= mysql-4.0.14-1.3.1 >= mysql-4.0.14-1.3.2 OpenPKG 1.2 <= mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.3 >= mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.4 Dependent Packages: none Description: Frank Denis reported a vulnerability [0] in MySQL [1] affecting MySQL3 versions 3.0.57 and earlier and MySQL4 versions 4.0.14 and earlier. Passwords of MySQL users are stored in the "Password" field of the "User" table, part of the "mysql" database. The passwords are hashed and stored as a 16 characters long hexadecimal value. Unfortunately, a function involved in password checking misses correct bounds checking. By filling a "Password" field a value wider than 16 characters, a buffer overflow will occur. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id CAN-2003-0780 [2] to the problem. Please check whether you are affected by running "<prefix>/bin/rpm -q mysql". If you have the "mysql" package installed and its version is affected (see above), we recommend that you immediately upgrade it (see Solution). [3][4] Solution: Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release [5][6], fetch it from the OpenPKG FTP service [7][8] or a mirror location, verify its integrity [9], build a corresponding binary RPM from it [3] and update your OpenPKG installation by applying the binary RPM [4]. For the current release OpenPKG 1.3, perform the following operations to permanently fix the security problem (for other releases adjust accordingly). $ ftp ftp.openpkg.org ftp> bin ftp> cd release/1.3/UPD ftp> get mysql-4.0.14-1.3.2.src.rpm ftp> bye $ <prefix>/bin/rpm -v --checksig mysql-4.0.14-1.3.2.src.rpm $ <prefix>/bin/rpm --rebuild mysql-4.0.14-1.3.2.src.rpm $ su - # <prefix>/bin/rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/mysql-4.0.14-1.3.2.*.rpm ________________________________________________________________________ References: [0] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/337012/2003-09-05/2003-09-11/0 [1] http://www.mysql.com/ [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0780 [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source [4] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.4.src.rpm [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/mysql-4.0.14-1.3.2.src.rpm [7] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/ [8] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/ [9] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature ________________________________________________________________________ For security reasons, this advisory was digitally signed with the OpenPGP public key "OpenPKG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" (ID 63C4CB9F) of the OpenPKG project which you can retrieve from http://pgp.openpkg.org and hkp://pgp.openpkg.org. Follow the instructions on http://pgp.openpkg.org/ for details on how to verify the integrity of this advisory. ________________________________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: OpenPKG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iD8DBQE/ZabegHWT4GPEy58RAm2UAKDodjxqqZjLVRCxGaVAMURybF7ATwCdGM/p 6rOU5UPeEUK6fynl5TrS0l4= =jZfi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org Project Announcement List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
