OpenPKG Security Advisory

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

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2004.014
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2004.014
Advisory Published:      2008-11-21 22:44 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20040414.02
Issue First Created:     2004-04-14
Issue Last Modified:     2006-11-28
Issue Revision:          06


Subject Name:            MySQL
Subject Summary:         Fast Relational Database Management System
Subject Home:            http://www.mysql.com/
Subject Versions:        * <= 4.0.18

Vulnerability Id:        CVE-2004-0381, CVE-2004-0388
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           local system
Attack Impact:           privilege escalation

Description:
    Shaun Colley discovered [1] that the scripts "mysqlbug" and
    "mysqld_multi" of the MySQL RDBMS [0] perform insecure creations of
    temporary files. An attacker could create symbolic links in /tmp to
    achieve the overwriting of files with the privileges of the user
    invoking the scripts. The RDBMS startup wrapper "mysqld_multi" is
    currently not used in OpenPKG, although it is contained in the
    "mysql" package. The "mysqlbug" script could be run manually by the
    administrator.

References:
    [0]  http://www.mysql.com/
    [1]  http://www.nettwerked.co.uk/advisories/mysqlbug
    [2]  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0381
    [3]  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0388
    [4]  http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
    [5]  http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
    [6]  ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/mysql-4.0.14-1.3.3.src.rpm
    [7]  ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.0/UPD/mysql-4.0.18-2.0.1.src.rpm
    [8]  ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/
    [9]  ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.0/UPD/
    [10] 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        1.3-SOLID         mysql-4.0.14-1.3.2
OpenPKG Community        2.0-SOLID         mysql-4.0.18-2.0.0
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           mysql-4.0.18-20040214

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.3-SOLID         mysql-4.0.14-1.3.3
OpenPKG Community        2.0-SOLID         mysql-4.0.18-2.0.1
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           mysql-4.0.18-20040414