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Old 11-17-2008
USN-671-1: MySQL vulnerabilities
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2008-2079, CVE-2008-3963, CVE-2008-4097, CVE-2008-4098


Description:
===========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-671-1 November 17, 2008mysql-dfsg-5.0 vulnerabilitiesCVE-2008-2079, CVE-2008-3963, CVE-2008-4097, CVE-2008-4098===========================================================A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:Ubuntu 6.06 LTSUbuntu 7.10Ubuntu 8.04 LTSThis advisory also applies to the corresponding versions ofKubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to thefollowing package versions:Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: mysql-server-5.0 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.11Ubuntu 7.10: mysql-server-5.0 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.4Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect thenecessary changes.Details follow:It was discovered that MySQL could be made to overwrite existing tablefiles in the data directory. An authenticated user could use theDATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options to possibly bypass privilegechecks. This update alters table creation behaviour by disallowing theuse of the MySQL data directory in DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORYoptions. (CVE-2008-2079, CVE-2008-4097 and CVE-2008-4098)It was discovered that MySQL did not handle empty bit-string literalsproperly. An attacker could exploit this problem and cause the MySQLserver to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-3963)





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sql::reservedwords::mysql

SQL::ReservedWords::MySQL(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    SQL::ReservedWords::MySQL(3pm)

NAME

       SQL::ReservedWords::MySQL - Reserved SQL words by MySQL

SYNOPSIS

	  if ( SQL::ReservedWords::MySQL->is_reserved( $word ) ) {
	      print "$word is a reserved MySQL word!";
	  }

DESCRIPTION

       Determine if words are reserved by MySQL.

METHODS

       is_reserved( $word )
	   Returns a boolean indicating if $word is reserved by either MySQL 3.2, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 or 5.1.

       is_reserved_by_mysql3( $word )
	   Returns a boolean indicating if $word is reserved by MySQL 3.2.

       is_reserved_by_mysql4( $word )
	   Returns a boolean indicating if $word is reserved by either MySQL 4.0 or 4.1.

       is_reserved_by_mysql5( $word )
	   Returns a boolean indicating if $word is reserved by either MySQL 5.0 or 5.1.

       reserved_by( $word )
	   Returns a list with MySQL versions that reserves $word.

       words
	   Returns a list with all reserved words.

EXPORTS

       Nothing by default. Following subroutines can be exported:

       is_reserved
       is_reserved_by_mysql3
       is_reserved_by_mysql4
       is_reserved_by_mysql5
       reserved_by
       words

SEE ALSO

       SQL::ReservedWords

       <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/>

AUTHOR

       Christian Hansen "chansen@cpan.org"

COPYRIGHT

       This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.8.8							    2008-03-28					    SQL::ReservedWords::MySQL(3pm)