Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-831-1)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55492");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2558");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:03:37 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
  script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-831-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.1");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-831-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2005/DSA-831-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-831");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mysql-dfsg-4.1' package(s) announced via the DSA-831-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A stack-based buffer overflow in the init_syms function of MySQL, a popular database, has been discovered that allows remote authenticated users who can create user-defined functions to execute arbitrary code via a long function_name field. The ability to create user-defined functions is not typically granted to untrusted users.

The following vulnerability matrix shows which version of MySQL in which distribution has this problem fixed:



woody

sarge

sid

mysql

3.23.49-8.14

n/a

n/a

mysql-dfsg

n/a

4.0.24-10sarge1

4.0.24-10sarge1

mysql-dfsg-4.1

n/a

4.1.11a-4sarge2

4.1.14-2

mysql-dfsg-5.0

n/a

n/a

5.0.11beta-3

We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-dfsg packages.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'mysql-dfsg-4.1' package(s) on Debian 3.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "DEB3.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libmysqlclient14", ver:"4.1.11a-4sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libmysqlclient14-dev", ver:"4.1.11a-4sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mysql-client-4.1", ver:"4.1.11a-4sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mysql-common-4.1", ver:"4.1.11a-4sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mysql-server-4.1", ver:"4.1.11a-4sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);