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USN-321-1: mysql-dfsg-4.1 vulnerability

Publication date

21 July 2006

Overview

mysql-dfsg-4.1 vulnerability

Releases

Details

Jean-David Maillefer discovered a format string bug in the
date_format() function’s error reporting. By calling the function with
invalid arguments, an authenticated user could exploit this to crash
the server.

Jean-David Maillefer discovered a format string bug in the
date_format() function’s error reporting. By calling the function with
invalid arguments, 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 –  4.1.12-1ubuntu3.7

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