Issued:
2007-04-03
Updated:
2007-04-03

RHSA-2007:0152 - Moderate: mysql security update

Synopsis

Moderate: mysql security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated mysql packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. MySQL is a client/server implementation consisting of a server daemon (mysqld) and many different client programs and libraries.

A flaw was found in the way MySQL handled case sensitive database names. A user with the ability to create databases could gain unauthorized access to other databases hosted by the MySQL server. (CVE-2006-4226)

This flaw does not affect the version of MySQL distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 5.

All users of the MySQL server are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch which fixes this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian4ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems4s390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4i386

Updated Packages

  • mysql-bench-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.s390.rpm
  • mysql-bench-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.s390x.rpm
  • mysql-server-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.ppc.rpm
  • mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
  • mysql-bench-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.ia64.rpm
  • mysql-bench-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.ppc.rpm
  • mysql-server-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.s390x.rpm
  • mysql-server-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mysql-server-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.ia64.rpm
  • mysql-bench-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mysql-bench-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
  • mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.ia64.rpm
  • mysql-devel-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
  • mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.ppc.rpm
  • mysql-devel-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.ppc.rpm
  • mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.s390.rpm
  • mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.ppc64.rpm
  • mysql-devel-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.s390.rpm
  • mysql-server-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
  • mysql-devel-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.s390x.rpm
  • mysql-server-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.s390.rpm
  • mysql-devel-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.s390x.rpm
  • mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.src.rpm
  • mysql-devel-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.ia64.rpm

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