1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-440-1

USN-440-1: MySQL vulnerability

Publication date

22 March 2007

Overview

MySQL vulnerability

Releases

Details

Stefan Streichbier and B. Mueller of SEC Consult discovered that MySQL
subselect queries using “ORDER BY” could be made to crash the MySQL
server. An attacker with access to a MySQL instance could cause an
intermitant denial of service.

Stefan Streichbier and B. Mueller of SEC Consult discovered that MySQL
subselect queries using “ORDER BY” could be made to crash the MySQL
server. An attacker with access to a MySQL instance could cause an
intermitant denial of service.

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
6.10 edgy mysql-server-5.0 –  5.0.24a-9ubuntu0.1
6.06 dapper mysql-server-5.0 –  5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.3

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