-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ________________________________________________________________________ OpenPKG Security Advisory The OpenPKG Project http://www.openpkg.org/security.html http://www.openpkg.org openpkg-security@openpkg.org openpkg@openpkg.org OpenPKG-SA-2003.022 18-Mar-2003 ________________________________________________________________________ Package: mysql Vulnerability: remote root exploit OpenPKG Specific: no Affected Releases: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages: OpenPKG CURRENT <= mysql-3.23.55-20030211 >= mysql-3.23.56-20030318 OpenPKG 1.2 <= mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.1 >= mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.2 OpenPKG 1.1 <= mysql-3.23.52-1.1.2 >= mysql-3.23.52-1.1.3 Dependent Packages: none Description: According to a report on BugTraq [0], a remote root exploit vulnerability exists in version 3.23.55 and earlier versions of the MySQL server [1]. If the MySQL server is launched by root, as it is often done by system startup scripts, any database users with the "FILE" privilege can write a configuration file (usually my.cnf) that causes the MySQL server to run under an arbitrary user id including the user id of the super-user on the next restart. Please check whether you are affected by running "<prefix>/bin/rpm -q mysql". If you have the "mysql" package installed and its version is affected (see above), we recommend that you immediately upgrade it (see Solution). [2][3] Solution: Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release [4][5], fetch it from the OpenPKG FTP service [6][7] or a mirror location, verify its integrity [8], build a corresponding binary RPM from it [2] and update your OpenPKG installation by applying the binary RPM [3]. For the current release OpenPKG 1.2, perform the following operations to permanently fix the security problem (for other releases adjust accordingly). $ ftp ftp.openpkg.org ftp> bin ftp> cd release/1.2/UPD ftp> get mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.2.src.rpm ftp> bye $ <prefix>/bin/rpm -v --checksig mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.2.src.rpm $ <prefix>/bin/rpm --rebuild mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.2.src.rpm $ su - # <prefix>/bin/rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.2.*.rpm ________________________________________________________________________ References: [0] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/314391/2003-03-04/2003-03-10/0 [1] http://www.mysql.com/ [2] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary [4] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.1/UPD/mysql-3.23.52-1.1.3.src.rpm [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/mysql-3.23.54a-1.2.2.src.rpm [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.1/UPD/ [7] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/ [8] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature ________________________________________________________________________ For security reasons, this advisory was digitally signed with the OpenPGP public key "OpenPKG <openpkg@openpkg.org>" (ID 63C4CB9F) of the OpenPKG project which you can find under the official URL http://www.openpkg.org/openpkg.pgp or on http://keyserver.pgp.com/. To check the integrity of this advisory, verify its digital signature by using GnuPG (http://www.gnupg.org/). For instance, pipe this message to the command "gpg --verify --keyserver keyserver.pgp.com". ________________________________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: OpenPKG <openpkg@openpkg.org> iD8DBQE+d0EdgHWT4GPEy58RAhGxAKDAaLrjSbB4V2ItfrOCjj8nB13+/ACgqfW9 unh+dQiYexu1PGIWMLA9F+U= =415D -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
