6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.968 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.7%
The remote host is missing an update to mysql-dfsg-4.1 announced via advisory DSA 833-1.
This VT has been merged into the VT
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55514");
script_version("2023-06-29T08:15:14+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-06-29 08:15:14 +0000 (Thu, 29 Jun 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 23:03:37 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2558");
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 833-1 (mysql-dfsg-4.1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20833-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14509");
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 explains 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");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-dfsg-4.1 packages.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to mysql-dfsg-4.1 announced via advisory DSA 833-1.
This VT has been merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-833)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55520).");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);
exit(0);
}
exit(66);