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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200608-09">
<title>MySQL: Denial of Service</title>
<synopsis>
An authenticated user can crash MySQL through invalid parameters to the
date_format function.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">mysql</product>
<announced>2006-08-06</announced>
<revised count="02">2006-08-07</revised>
<bug>142429</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-db/mysql" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">4.1.21</unaffected>
<unaffected range="lt">4.1.0</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">4.1.21</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Jean-David Maillefer discovered a format string vulnerability in
time.cc where MySQL fails to properly handle specially formatted user
input to the date_format function.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
By specifying a format string as the first parameter to the date_format
function, an authenticated attacker could cause MySQL to crash,
resulting in a Denial of Service.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot "&gt;=dev-db/mysql-4.1.21"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3469">CVE-2006-3469</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-08-06T17:22:07Z">
koon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-08-06T17:22:38Z">
koon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-08-06T18:32:52Z">
hlieberman
</metadata>
</glsa>