mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.4 source package in Ubuntu

Changelog

mysql-dfsg-5.0 (5.0.45-1ubuntu3.4) gutsy-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service via an empty bit-string literal (b'')
    - debian/patches/98_SECURITY_CVE-2008-3963.dpatch: fix Item_bin_string::
      Item_bin_string() in sql/item.cc to parse an empty bit-string literal
      as an empty string.
    - CVE-2008-3963
  * SECURITY UPDATE: privilege circumvention via the creation of MyISAM
    tables using the DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options to overwrite
    existing table files in the data directory. This update is a complete
    fix for the three CVE numbers listed below. This fix alters table creation
    behaviour by disallowing the use of the MySQL data directory in DATA
    DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options. (LP: #254129)
    - debian/patches/99_SECURITY_CVE-2008-4098.dpatch: Disallow use of MySQL
      data directory in DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options.
    - CVE-2008-2079
    - CVE-2008-4097
    - CVE-2008-4098
  * debian/rules: do not update po tree for security updates.

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>   Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:34:12 -0500