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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > February 2006 > Mandriva - Three Security Advisories

February 2006

Mandriva - Three Security Advisories

ID: 00155
Ref: 153/06
Date: 23 February 2006:10:50:38
Version: 1

Title: Mandriva - Three Security Advisories
Abstract: 1. Updated MySQL packages fix temporary file vulnerability [MDKSA-2006:045] -- 2. Updated tar packages fix vulnerability [MDKSA-2006:046] -- 3. Updated metamail packages fix vulnerability [MDKSA-2006:047]
Vendors affected: Mandriva
Operating systems affected: Mandriva
Applications affected: Mandriva


Title
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Mandriva - Three Security Advisories:
1. Updated MySQL packages fix temporary file vulnerability [MDKSA-2006:045]
2. Updated tar packages fix vulnerability [MDKSA-2006:046]
3. Updated metamail packages fix vulnerability [MDKSA-2006:047]


Detail
======

Security advisory summaries:

1. Eric Romang discovered a temporary file vulnerability in the
mysql_install_db script provided with MySQL. This vulnerability
only affects versions of MySQL 4.1.x prior to 4.1.12.

2. Gnu tar versions 1.14 and above have a buffer overflow vulnerability
and some other issues.

3. Ulf Harnhammar discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way
that metamail handles certain mail messages. An attacker could create
a carefully-crafted message that, when parsed via metamail, could
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
metamail.


Security advisory content follows:


1.


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_______________________________________________________________________

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:045
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
_______________________________________________________________________

Package : MySQL
Date : February 21, 2006
Affected: 10.2
_______________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

Eric Romang discovered a temporary file vulnerability in the
mysql_install_db script provided with MySQL. This vulnerability
only affects versions of MySQL 4.1.x prior to 4.1.12.

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
_______________________________________________________________________

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1636
_______________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 10.2:
68b34c38c82c27ca31d2baed83a7353c 10.2/RPMS/libmysql14-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.i586.rpm
ff2aa669f4ac39b918d83203269e5bab 10.2/RPMS/libmysql14-devel-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.i586.rpm
87c04e7a4c16c9cdbe11a4d51ba41b84 10.2/RPMS/MySQL-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.i586.rpm
26df457cfe6a2297f638e160bbb083d4 10.2/RPMS/MySQL-bench-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.i586.rpm
a1cd9ffd2a5e9a34c0c2165d63487b8c 10.2/RPMS/MySQL-client-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.i586.rpm
cd993f9f7f10d0d8386aae1e518501c9 10.2/RPMS/MySQL-common-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.i586.rpm
e4fe37ca45a8709e87756406887fdc70 10.2/RPMS/MySQL-Max-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.i586.rpm
0c59d5a6a5e30db8c598efb61a7a3fb9 10.2/RPMS/MySQL-NDB-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.i586.rpm
b947fbe93342addf36358ca650974636 10.2/SRPMS/MySQL-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.2/X86_64:
774f3aa1d7038fcc14a6a679773f7dba x86_64/10.2/RPMS/lib64mysql14-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
1df660a23ca509283468f7b8db1ad86f x86_64/10.2/RPMS/lib64mysql14-devel-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
df70950e1bc6c33ea49968b0f965c01e x86_64/10.2/RPMS/MySQL-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
67b8d7f07343184737f4ad96b52e01d3 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/MySQL-bench-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
f78f0e0a7d20f0899b606946a6dbbad0 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/MySQL-client-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
6c6b4c3f4984bb2ad12cfeb729722e48 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/MySQL-common-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
06662ba4375fee0ef1e3b246fd2273a4 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/MySQL-Max-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
7f7ebae4d154a6f0adecc76fa03abc2b x86_64/10.2/RPMS/MySQL-NDB-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
b947fbe93342addf36358ca650974636 x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/MySQL-4.1.11-1.2.102mdk.src.rpm
_______________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
_______________________________________________________________________

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
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2.


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_______________________________________________________________________

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:046
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
_______________________________________________________________________

Package : tar
Date : February 21, 2006
Affected: 10.1, 10.2, 2006.0
_______________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

Gnu tar versions 1.14 and above have a buffer overflow vulnerability
and some other issues including:

- Carefully crafted invalid headers can cause buffer overrun.
- Invalid header fields go undiagnosed.
- Some valid time strings are ignored.

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
_______________________________________________________________________

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0300
_______________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 10.1:
8bd49b5e60e1736e771e3907789e37bb 10.1/RPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
57dc0115bfe997451de8d05375785395 10.1/SRPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.1/X86_64:
c4ad8f0250fef5da4ba2f9097c6190e2 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
57dc0115bfe997451de8d05375785395 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.2:
91ad7217d416f4d07536a08c6762fd8d 10.2/RPMS/tar-1.15.1-2.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
efd8210667f158419143b243c1ee01d7 10.2/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-2.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.2/X86_64:
edc3e1b3eec8c5f52aa29c6f7351f563 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/tar-1.15.1-2.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
efd8210667f158419143b243c1ee01d7 x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-2.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
5300c6bc1aa290f2a8efffff2b3e8b27 2006.0/RPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
275c24b2288e5b9c57d5a1bdef4798ad 2006.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
2c7378971d6b87fad153b8667e800b00 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
275c24b2288e5b9c57d5a1bdef4798ad x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.1.20060mdk.src.rpm
_______________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
_______________________________________________________________________

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team

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3.


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Hash: SHA1

_______________________________________________________________________

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:047
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
_______________________________________________________________________

Package : metamail
Date : February 22, 2006
Affected: 10.1, 10.2, 2006.0, Corporate 3.0
_______________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

Ulf Harnhammar discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way
that metamail handles certain mail messages. An attacker could create
a carefully-crafted message that, when parsed via metamail, could
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
metamail.

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
_______________________________________________________________________

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0709
_______________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 10.1:
ba0268bd4a41df13182c7ad54326dba5 10.1/RPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
37738308d3dff71b6eb473c207acc588 10.1/SRPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.1/X86_64:
31b1df74ae413c00e037675fb772bc86 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
37738308d3dff71b6eb473c207acc588 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.2:
6dae955385087b6bffdebca801ac2de9 10.2/RPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
d4f56b18f644e54f5aaadf59247b6ba9 10.2/SRPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.2/X86_64:
b8904fd8e2d4c4b16329eb3be040ae82 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
d4f56b18f644e54f5aaadf59247b6ba9 x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
983ad9efe0f7270920f719209e29ef8d 2006.0/RPMS/metamail-2.7-11.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
f2d440c17063c3440342afd83a939dfe 2006.0/SRPMS/metamail-2.7-11.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
3b2eb2370dd3a37a0f6e7b8e6e97d65f x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/metamail-2.7-11.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
f2d440c17063c3440342afd83a939dfe x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/metamail-2.7-11.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0:
193e9f3fe5013735ae70e1f0d123375c corporate/3.0/RPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
33711284aa358a2d82db961a27231e6e corporate/3.0/SRPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
6b44f1e909779950783bbab4988e391a x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
33711284aa358a2d82db961a27231e6e x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.C30mdk.src.rpm
_______________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
_______________________________________________________________________

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team

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