Note: This bug is displayed in read-only format because the product is no longer active in Red Hat Bugzilla.
For bugs related to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 product line. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and above, please visit Red Hat JIRA https://issues.redhat.com/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa?pid=12332745 to report new issues.

Bug 104501

Summary: CAN-2003-0780 MySQL password field buffer overflow
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Reporter: Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component: mysqlAssignee: Patrick Macdonald <patrickm>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 2.1Keywords: Security
Target Milestone: ---   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2003-10-09 08:53:07 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Description Mark J. Cox 2003-09-16 14:49:19 UTC 
Frank Denis reported a bug in unpatched versions of MySQL versions prior to
3.0.58. Passwords of MySQL users are stored in the Password field of the
user table, part of the mysql database. By filling a Password field with a
value wider than 16 characters, a buffer overflow can occur. This could
allow an attacker who has the ability to modify the user table to execute
arbitrary code as the MySQL user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0780 to this issue.
Comment 1 Patrick Macdonald 2003-09-16 14:55:38 UTC 
We will address this by moving to MySQL 3.23.58 (released yesterday).
Comment 2 Mark J. Cox 2003-09-22 08:57:13 UTC 
RHSA-2003:282 in progress
Comment 3 Mark J. Cox 2003-10-09 08:53:07 UTC 
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-282.html