Package : mysql Vulnerability : insecure file creation Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0457
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> discovered an insecure temporary file vulnerability in the mysqlhotcopy script when using the scp method which is part of the mysql-server packge
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.23.49-8.7 of mysql.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.20-11 of mysql-dfsg.
We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-server package.
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 below:
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 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------