MySQL login packet information disclosure
| mysql-login-packet-info-disclosure (26236) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MySQL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a vulnerability in sql_parse.cc. An attacker attempting to log in as an anonymous user could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted log packet to cause an error to be returned containing portions of memory. An attacker could use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.0
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux LE2005
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux LE2005 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.1
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.10
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.11
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.11 Gamma
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.12
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.13
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.14
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.15
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.17
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.18
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.2
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.20
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.21
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.23
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.24
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.25
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.26
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.3
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.4
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.5
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.5A
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.6
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.7
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.7 Gamma
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.8
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.8 Gamma
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.9
- MySQL, MySQL 4.0.9 Gamma
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.0.0
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.0.0 Alpha
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.10a
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.11
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.11a
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.13
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.18
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.2 Alpha
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.3 Beta
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.3.0
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.4
- MySQL, MySQL 4.1.5
- MySQL, MySQL 5.0.0 Alpha
- MySQL, MySQL 5.0.0.0
- MySQL, MySQL 5.0.1
- MySQL, MySQL 5.0.18
- MySQL, MySQL 5.0.2
- MySQL, MySQL 5.0.20
- MySQL, MySQL 5.0.3
- MySQL, MySQL 5.0.4
- MySQL, MySQL 5.1.9
- Novell, UnitedLinux 1.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- Sun, Solaris 10
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.2
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.3
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 Desktop
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 F...
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 Server x64 Ed
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 7 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 8 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 8 Workstation
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux FUJI
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Home
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Multimedia
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Personal
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Ed
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Ed
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mac OS X (10.4.9 or later) or apply Apple Security Update 2007-003. See References.
For MySQL versions 4.x:
Upgrade to the latest version of MySQL (4.1.19 or later) available from the MySQL Web site. See References.
For MySQL versions 5.0.x:
Upgrade to the latest version of MySQL (5.0.21 or later) available from the MySQL Web site. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0544-6 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-05-13 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE-SA:2006:036 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Sun Solaris:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 236703 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- Apple Mac OS X Web site, Apple - Apple - Mac OS X - Leopard Sneak Peek at http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue May 02 2006 - 08:40:02 CDT, MySQL Anonymous Login Handshake - Information Leakage. at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0041.html.
- Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003, About the security content of Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214.
- MySQL Web site, MySQL AB :: The world's most popular open source database at http://www.mysql.com/.
- Sun Alert ID: 236703, Multiple Security Vulnerabilities May Affect MySQL 4.0.x Bundled With Solaris 10 at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-236703-1.
- ASA-2006-120: MySQL security update (RHSA-2006-0544)1)
- ASA-2008-187: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities May Affect MySQL 4.0.x Bundled With Solaris 10 (Sun 236703)
- BID-17780: MySQL Remote Information Disclosure and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1516: The check_connection function in sql_parse.cc in MySQL 4.0.x up to 4.0.26, 4.1.x up to 4.1.18, and 5.0.x up to 5.0.20 allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a username without a trailing null byte, which causes a buffer over-read.
- DSA-1071: mysql -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1073: mysql-dfsg-4.1 -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1079: mysql-dfsg -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200605-13: MySQL: Information leakage
- MDKSA-2006:084: Updated MySQL packages fix several vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2006-0544: mysql security update
- SA19929: MySQL Information Disclosure and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- SA24479: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA29847: Sun Solaris MySQL Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016017: MySQL Anonymous Login Processing May Disclose Some Memory Contents to Remote Users
- SUSE-SA:2006:036: mysql remote code execution
- SUSE-SR:2006:012: SUSE Security Summary Report
Reported:
May 03, 2006
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