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SuSE Security Announcement
Package: MySQL 3.22.11-29
Date: Mon Jan 17 13:50:37 CET 2000
Affected SuSE versions: 6.1 - 6.3
Vulnerability Type: change MySQL superuser password
SuSE default package: no
Other affected systems: all unix systems using MySQL
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A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update as soon as possible or disable the service if you are using
this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s).
Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected as
well, please contact your vendor for information about this issue.
Please note that we provide this information on an "as-is" basis only.
There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for any direct, indirect or
incidental damage arising from this information or the installation of
the update package.
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1. Problem Description
MySQL does not properly check privileges, so it's possible for any
MySQL user with GRANT privileges to change the MySQL super-
user password.
The MySQL install process creates a 'test' user, which has GRANT
privileges and no password by default.
2. Impact
A malicious MySQL user can change the MySQL superuser password.
By default, the MySQL superuser can only connect to the database from
the localhost, so a remote attacker is just able to perform a denial-of-
service attack.
3. Solution
Update the package from our FTP server.
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Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates before installing:
31d42809423c91c07eeeb2cb0e2629ac mysql-3.22.25-8.alpha.rpm (6.1, AXP)
c4d22921a5d8e49b406daabc72617d5d mysqldev-3.22.25-8.alpha.rpm (6.1, AXP)
122cf7ee955630523e3a2679370dc9b3 mysql-3.22.30-0.alpha.rpm (6.3, AXP)
405c2d4ff5e1d506ca674e8472fddff3 mysqldev-3.22.30-0.alpha.rpm (6.3, AXP)
fcc11dda6b2458454e811726f8974182 mysql-3.22.30-1.i386.rpm (6.2, i386)
dbce19df0dd23f0aeb1bc32305e11798 mysqldev-3.22.30-1.i386.rpm (6.2, i386)
972a27218616d424ba97e8abd7f645b1 mysql-3.22.30-0.i386.rpm (6.3, i386)
0df4b3a5eaff7519c314e125da65297f mysqldev-3.22.30-0.i386.rpm (6.3, i386)
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You can find updates on our ftp-Server:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.1/pay1/mysql-3.22.25-8.alpha.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.1/pay1/mysqldev-3.22.25-8.alpha.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/pay1/mysql-3.22.30-0.alpha.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/pay1/mysqldev-3.22.30-0.alpha.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/pay1/mysql-3.22.30-1.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/pay1/mysqldev-3.22.30-1.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/pay1/mysql-3.22.30-0.i386.rpm
or try the following web pages for a list of mirrors:
http://www.suse.de/de/support/download/ftp/inland.html
http://www.suse.de/de/support/download/ftp/ausland.html
or
http://www.suse.de/en/support/download/ftp/germ_mirrors.html
http://www.suse.de/en/support/download/ftp/int_mirrors.html
Our webpage for patches:
http://www.suse.de/de/support/download/updates/index.html
or
http://www.suse.de/en/support/download/updates/index.html
Our webpage for security announcements:
http://www.suse.de/security
If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact
security@suse.de
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