Package : mysql Vulnerability : insecure temporary files Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0004
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit Project discoverd a temporary file vulnerability in the mysqlaccess script of MySQL that could allow an unprivileged user to let root overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack and could also could unveil the contents of a temporary file which might contain sensitive information.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.23.49-8.9.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.23-3 of mysql-dfsg and in version 4.1.8a-6 of mysql-dfsg-4.1.
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 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 --------------------------------