Bug 952864 (CVE-2013-1531)

Summary: CVE-2013-1531 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server Privileges (CPU April 2013)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: Bjorn.Munch, byte, hhorak
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Bug Depends On: 953084, 953085    
Bug Blocks: 952846, 952853    

Description Vincent Danen 2013-04-16 21:46:30 UTC
An unspecified vulnerability in the Server Privileges subcomponent of Oracle MySQL allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service as well as impact the confidentiality and integrity of the server via unspecified vectors.

This flaw affects MySQL 5.1.66 and earlier, and 5.5.28 and earlier.

External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html#AppendixMSQL

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2013-04-25 17:31:19 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0772 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0772.html

Comment 3 Vincent Danen 2013-11-06 18:52:55 UTC
Statement:

On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10, new MySQL 5.5 packages are available which are not vulnerable to this issue.  Future updates for MySQL 5.0 will no longer be made available (mysql-5.0.* and related packages); security advisories will be provided only for MySQL 5.5.  Please refer to https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2013-1330.html for further information.