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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!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>August 06, 2006</announced>
+ <revised>August 07, 2006: 02</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 &quot;&gt;=dev-db/mysql-4.1.21&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3469">CVE-2006-3469</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:22:07 +0000">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:22:38 +0000">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 06 Aug 2006 18:32:52 +0000">
+ hlieberman
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>