OpenPKG Security Advisory

Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2003.022
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2003.022
Advisory Published:      2008-11-21 21:38 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20030318.04
Issue First Created:     2003-03-18
Issue Last Modified:     2006-11-28
Issue Revision:          05


Subject Name:            MySQL
Subject Summary:         Fast Relational Database Management System
Subject Home:            http://www.mysql.com/
Subject Versions:        * <= 3.23.55

Vulnerability Id:        none
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           remote network
Attack Impact:           privilege escalation

Description:
    According to a report on BugTraq [0], a remote root exploit
    vulnerability exists in version 3.23.55 and earlier versions of the
    MySQL server [1]. If the MySQL server is launched by root, as it is
    often done by system startup scripts, any database users with the
    "FILE" privilege can write a configuration file (usually my.cnf) that
    causes the MySQL server to run under an arbitrary user id including
    the user id of the super-user on the next restart.

References:
    [0] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/314391/2003-03-04/2003-03-10/0
    [1] http://www.mysql.com/
    [2] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
    [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
    [4] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.1/UPD/mysql-3.23.52-1.1.3.src.rpm
    [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.2.src.rpm
    [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.1/UPD/
    [7] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/
    [8] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature


Primary Package Name:    mysql
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/mysql

Affected Distribution:   Affected Branch:  Affected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.1-SOLID         mysql-3.23.52-1.1.2
OpenPKG Community        1.2-SOLID         mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.1
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           mysql-3.23.55-20030211

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.1-SOLID         mysql-3.23.52-1.1.3
OpenPKG Community        1.2-SOLID         mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.2
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           mysql-3.23.56-20030318