RHSA-2014:0186 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated mysql55-mysql packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. It consists of
the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) and many client programs and libraries.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server.
Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch
Update Advisory page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2013-5807,
CVE-2013-5891, CVE-2014-0386, CVE-2014-0393, CVE-2014-0401, CVE-2014-0402,
CVE-2014-0412, CVE-2014-0420, CVE-2014-0437, CVE-2013-3839, CVE-2013-5908)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the MySQL command line client
tool (mysql) processed excessively long version strings. If a user
connected to a malicious MySQL server via the mysql client, the server
could use this flaw to crash the mysql client or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code as the user running the mysql client. (CVE-2014-0001)

The CVE-2014-0001 issue was discovered by Garth Mollett of the Red Hat
Security Response Team.

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.5.36. Refer to the MySQL
Release Notes listed in the References section for a complete list
of changes.

All MySQL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct
these issues. After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon
(mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the
Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1019978 - CVE-2013-3839 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Optimizer (CPU October 2013)
• BZ - 1019997 - CVE-2013-5807 mysql: unspecified flaw related to Replication (CPU October 2013)
• BZ - 1053371 - CVE-2013-5891 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Partition DoS (CPU Jan 2014)
• BZ - 1053373 - CVE-2013-5908 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Error Handling DoS (CPU Jan 2014)
• BZ - 1053375 - CVE-2014-0386 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Optimizer DoS (CPU Jan 2014)
• BZ - 1053377 - CVE-2014-0393 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to InnoDB affecting integrity (CPU Jan 2014)
• BZ - 1053378 - CVE-2014-0401 mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability (CPU Jan 2014)
• BZ - 1053380 - CVE-2014-0402 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Locking DoS (CPU Jan 2014)
• BZ - 1053381 - CVE-2014-0412 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to InnoDB DoS (CPU Jan 2014)
• BZ - 1053383 - CVE-2014-0420 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Replication DoS (CPU Jan 2014)
• BZ - 1053390 - CVE-2014-0437 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Optimizer DoS (CPU Jan 2014)
• BZ - 1054592 - CVE-2014-0001 mysql: command-line tool buffer overflow via long server version string

CVEs

• CVE-2013-3839
• CVE-2014-0412
• CVE-2014-0437
• CVE-2013-5908
• CVE-2014-0393
• CVE-2014-0386
• CVE-2014-0001
• CVE-2014-0401
• CVE-2014-0402
• CVE-2013-5807
• CVE-2014-0420
• CVE-2013-5891

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html#AppendixMSQL
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2013-1899837.html#AppendixMSQL
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-36.html