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  2. USN-109-1

USN-109-1: MySQL vulnerability

Publication date

6 April 2005

Overview

MySQL vulnerability

Releases

Details

USN-32-1 fixed a database privilege escalation vulnerability; original
advisory text:

“If a user was granted privileges to a database with a name
containing an underscore (“_”), the user also gained the ability to
grant privileges to other databases with similar names.
(CAN-2004-0957)”

Recently a corner case was discovered where this vulnerability can
still be exploited, so another update is necessary.

USN-32-1 fixed a database privilege escalation vulnerability; original
advisory text:

“If a user was granted privileges to a database with a name
containing an underscore (“_”), the user also gained the ability to
grant privileges to other databases with similar names.
(CAN-2004-0957)”

Recently a corner case was discovered where this vulnerability can
still be exploited, so another update is necessary.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
4.10 warty mysql-server – 

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