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  2. USN-306-1

USN-306-1: MySQL 4.1 vulnerability

Publication date

27 June 2006

Overview

MySQL 4.1 vulnerability

Releases

Details

MySQL did not correctly handle NULL as the second argument to the
str_to_date() function. An authenticated user could exploit this to
crash the server.

MySQL did not correctly handle NULL as the second argument to the
str_to_date() function. An authenticated user could exploit this to
crash the server.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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
5.10 breezy mysql-server-4.1 –  4.1.12-1ubuntu3.6

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