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USN-1658-1: MySQL vulnerability

10 December 2012

MySQL could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic from an authenticated user.

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Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled certain long arguments. A
remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to possibly execute
arbitrary code.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 10.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-1703-1: mysql-5.1, mysql-server-5.1, mysql-server-5.5, mysql-dfsg-5.1, mysql-5.5