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Fedora Core 2 2005-305: mysql

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the mysql package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2005-305 (mysql).

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. MySQL is a
client/server implementation consisting of a server daemon (mysqld)
and many different client programs and libraries.

* Sat Apr 2 2005 Tom Lane 3.23.58-16.FC2.1

- Repair uninitialized variable in security2 patch.
- Enable testing on 64-bit arches
continue to exclude s390x which
still
has issues.

* Fri Mar 18 2005 Tom Lane 3.23.58-15.FC2.1

- Backpatch repair for CVE-2005-0709, CVE-2005-0710, CVE-2005-0711
(bz#151051).
- Fix init script to not need a valid username for startup check
(bz#142328)
- Don't assume /etc/my.cnf will specify pid-file (bz#143724)

Solution : http://www.fedoranews.org/blog/index.php?p=572
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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