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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-08
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          PACKAGE : mysql
          SUMMARY : buffer overflow
             DATE : 2003-09-15 10:00 UTC
          EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <mysql-3.23.57-r1 <mysql-4.0.13-r4
 >=mysql-4.0.14-r2(masked)
    FIXED VERSION : >=mysql-3.23.57-r1 >=mysql-4.0.13-r4
 >=mysql-4.0.14-r2(masked)
              CVE : CAN-2003-0780

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quote from advisory:

"Anyone with global administrative privileges on a MySQL server may 
execute arbitrary code even on a host he isn't supposed to have a shell 
on, with the privileges of the system account running the MySQL server."

read the full advisory at:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/337012

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
dev-db/mysql upgrade to either one of these versions:

3.23.x - mysql-3.23.57-r1
4.0.x  - mysql-4.0.13-r4 OR
         mysql-4.0.14-r2 if accepting "~" keywords.

emerge sync
emerge \=dev-db/mysql/<mysql version>
emerge clean

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