Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title mysql-dfsg-4.1 vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-321-1 First vendor Publication 2006-07-21
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2006-07-21
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 8 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 5.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

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

Ubuntu 5.10:
mysql-server-4.1 4.1.12-1ubuntu3.7

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

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.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-321-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-134 Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9827
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9827
Title: Format string vulnerability in time.cc in MySQL Server 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 1 April 2006 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a format string instead of a date as the first parameter to the date_format function, which is later used in a formatted print call to display the error message.
Description: Format string vulnerability in time.cc in MySQL Server 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 1 April 2006 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a format string instead of a date as the first parameter to the date_format function, which is later used in a formatted print call to display the error message.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-3469
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 24

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-11-17 Name : Mac OS X Version
File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for mysql RHSA-2008:0768-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0768-01_mysql.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200608-09 (mysql)
File : nvt/glsa_200608_09.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: mysql-server
File : nvt/freebsd_mysql-server11.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1112-1 (mysql-dfsg-4.1)
File : nvt/deb_1112_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2006-211-01 mysql
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2006_211_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
27416 MySQL Server time.cc date_format Function Format String

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Date_Format denial of service attempt
RuleID : 8057 - Revision : 11 - Type : SERVER-MYSQL

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080724_mysql_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-01-16 Name : The remote database server is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.
File : mysql_4_1_21.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0768.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-321-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-03-13 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update which fixes a security issue.
File : macosx_10_4_9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2006-211-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1112.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-08-14 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_fcb90eb02ace11dba6e2000e0c2e438a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-08-07 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200608-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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