Package : mysql-dfsg-4.1 Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-2753 BugTraq ID : 18219
Josh Berkus and Tom Lane discovered that MySQL 4.1, a popular SQL database, incorrectly parses astring escaped with mysql_real_escape() which could lead to SQL injection. This problem does only exist in versions 4.1 and 5.0.
The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.11a-4sarge4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 5.0.21-4.
Version 4.0 in the stable distribution (sarge) is also not affected by this problem.
We recommend that you upgrade your mysql packages.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------