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[DSA540] DSA-540-1 mysql

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-540-1 mysql

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Jeroen van Wolffelaar discovered an insecure
temporary file vulnerability in the mysqlhotcopy script when using the
scp method which is part of the mysql-server package.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.23.49-8.7 of mysql.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.20-11 of mysql-dfsg.
We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-server package.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-540
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Security, Firewall, VPN

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