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title: "CVE-2005-0709\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-0709

Publication date 2 May 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10, allows remote
authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges to execute arbitrary
code by using CREATE FUNCTION to access libc calls, as demonstrated by
using strcat, on\_exit, and exit.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mysql-dfsg | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 4.0.24-10ubuntu2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 4.0.24-10ubuntu2 |
| mysql-dfsg-4.1 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 4.1.15-1ubuntu5 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 4.1.15-1ubuntu5 |
| mysql-dfsg-5.0 | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 5.0.38-0ubuntu1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 5.0.24a-9ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.3 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0709)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0709)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-0709)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0709)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-96-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-96-1)
+ mySQL vulnerabilities
+ 16 March 2005

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0709>