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.