Issued:

2012-12-07

Updated:

2012-12-07

RHSA-2012:1551 - Important: mysql security update

Synopsis

Important: mysql security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Updated mysql packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link 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.

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the user permission checking code in MySQL. An authenticated database user could use this flaw to crash the mysqld daemon or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the mysqld daemon. (CVE-2012-5611)

All MySQL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. 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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• mysql-embedded-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• mysql-server-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• mysql-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390.rpm
• mysql-server-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• mysql-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• mysql-5.1.66-2.el6_3.src.rpm
• mysql-embedded-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• mysql-test-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• mysql-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• mysql-server-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• mysql-test-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• mysql-libs-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• mysql-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• mysql-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• mysql-embedded-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• mysql-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• mysql-test-5.1.66-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• mysql-embedded-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390.rpm
• mysql-embedded-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• mysql-bench-5.1.66-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• mysql-libs-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• mysql-embedded-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• mysql-debuginfo-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390.rpm
• mysql-test-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• mysql-debuginfo-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• mysql-embedded-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• mysql-debuginfo-5.1.66-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• mysql-libs-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• mysql-5.1.66-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• mysql-bench-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• mysql-libs-5.1.66-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• mysql-debuginfo-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• mysql-bench-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• mysql-server-5.1.66-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• mysql-embedded-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• mysql-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• mysql-debuginfo-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• mysql-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• mysql-libs-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390.rpm
• mysql-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• mysql-embedded-5.1.66-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• mysql-bench-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• mysql-embedded-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• mysql-embedded-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• mysql-libs-5.1.66-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• mysql-embedded-devel-5.1.66-2.el6_3.s390.rpm
• mysql-debuginfo-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 881064

CVEs

• CVE-2012-5611

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.