1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200606-13 / MySQL |
| Release Date | June 11, 2006 |
| Latest Revision | December 13, 2006: 04 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| dev-db/mysql | < 5.0.22 | >= 5.0.22, revision >= 4.1.20, revision >= 4.1.21, revision >= 4.1.22, < 4.1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #135076
MySQL is vulnerable to an SQL Injection flaw in the multi-byte encoding process.
MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server.
MySQL is vulnerable to an injection flaw in mysql_real_escape() when used with multi-byte characters.
Due to a flaw in the multi-byte character process, an attacker is still able to inject arbitary SQL statements into the MySQL server for execution.
There are a few workarounds available: NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES mode as a workaround for a bug in mysql_real_escape_string(): SET sql_mode='NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES'; SET GLOBAL sql_mode='NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES'; and server command line options: --sql-mode=NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES.
All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-4.1.20" |