New mysql packages fix insecure temporary files

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit Project discoverd a temporary file vulnerability in the mysqlaccess script of MySQL that could allow an unprivileged user to let root overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack and could also could unveil the contents of a temporary file which might contain sensitive information.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 647-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
January 19th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mysql
Vulnerability : insecure temporary files
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-0004

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit Project
discoverd a temporary file vulnerability in the mysqlaccess script of
MySQL that could allow an unprivileged user to let root overwrite
arbitrary files via a symlink attack and could also could unveil the
contents of a temporary file which might contain sensitive
information.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.23.49-8.9.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.23-3 of mysql-dfsg and in version 4.1.8a-6 of
mysql-dfsg-4.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mysql packages.

Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49-8.9.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 875 943c6c647b130518c2a6c96bcb9c4031
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49-8.9.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 68320 7c46ef730e9c81c554b6d511481c02b7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql_3.23.49.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 11861035 a2820d81997779a9fdf1f4b3c321564a

Architecture independent components:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-common_3.23.49-8.9_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17484 9c6cf59a839d3fc25a74f164358008e2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-doc_3.23.49-8.5_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1962992 a4cacebaadf9d5988da0ed1a336b48e6

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.9_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 278304 345708861734203ea2b8539c08a522a5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.9_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 779380 fa6bc20e561e5022eedc5dcd69715a27
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.9_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 164116 f71397420366e10b5baf839658611271
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.9_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3635240 09c8c082c5bb1a5aec7fc55bebc0bcd6

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.9_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 238910 874cde30bec50e22aec0d66b163b5d60
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.9_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 635228 2cde5c1d7b306ad42b57a0cf26980546
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.9_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 124520 4a625fd5ba3b3f28cc13ebf65c2a1afb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.9_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2806914 3d001b9b0c0cb886e145d0bd39af870f

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.9_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 235264 44202de31efe2267b50a0e24fb8ee3fd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.9_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 577118 081914b6293637cedc177b4c10671796
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.9_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 123080 0d35e7a8bd5f5ae806c55a2a12aa6ac1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.9_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2800998 e2af0992c6a9921dfc864e75c1495258

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.9_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 315628 29091ddf30d6c12f777f53cec06b740b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.9_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 849066 aa2f4e5c92fc2779c3072c85d68ffb5f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.9_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 174356 b4e35c1cbe4726f3abdeb5b159027c29
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.9_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4000374 bc43f76d2bde3d546f4d0c3a5066a641

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.9_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 281234 342cd7fccbb64631bf655cb7952e90c1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.9_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 744302 546d8e2ba4c48c8936be30396dbedab2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.9_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 141156 0b4874c0a5e0961dc6027ed24bd2a6f9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.9_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3515058 335d0afef63d0abc18e20ad760bd70b1

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.9_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 228298 ace3b33157e09b2b78e23bd945cc56a5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.9_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 558298 b8c4e5656cc5a4208875740ed1b17aa9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.9_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 118952 ce85668f7070bcd748aad870c72aa150
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.9_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2647058 02d740546dc1690a604225d5e37cc99b

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.9_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 251516 9f7505c8797f0f36272449ea8b416ce6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.9_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 689502 3bd49b0204f94da6a254dee9f0dfd778
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.9_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 134466 4dd241930eaec445b5ef90aa68f7d4ab
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.9_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2848984 c5b09b6786844a747c8b8cef395dfac4

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.9_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 251192 73d7c69f49a13e8e3592310c2bc675e0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.9_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 689122 f13325c3394b0385c76d289d886f165f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.9_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 134828 6d0e79f252d1cd3048ce3367aa200636
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.9_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2839732 499551d692fc5d80fd16c43e83e19201

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.9_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 248344 d2fbd5ac1b1ce08963b38c276297f8fb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.9_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 653252 eefbee85063e49943d26b4e4f278343a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.9_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 130004 33fb65f2e7d3e0b3681dc2ab8dc72762
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.9_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2823828 29fa73043be8ec6caa52c65719fd9fc0

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.9_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 250630 e37efa3ab7dc647355c3525940f1e580
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.9_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 607800 31a8eb384c66765e82f8330e20e9abb8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.9_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 126984 cc938da5903e7d7f22da55c88bdaa552
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.9_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2691598 e944a61e4f832a410ef48a6ef1fafa36

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10_3.23.49-8.9_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 241812 f2996905943eaa9e4a04c842623cb4ce
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/libmysqlclient10-dev_3.23.49-8.9_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 616256 251bda8bfc97c7d216faa1e0e174d4b6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-client_3.23.49-8.9_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 130942 372c0534b98507f3ecdcb3944c2f8a92
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mysql/mysql-server_3.23.49-8.9_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2940408 38cd0279c75c8968a50b2742e810f484

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.

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