[debian-mysql] Bug#460873: mysql-dfsg-5.0 multiple vulnerabilities in yassl included by mysql

[Nico Golde]

Package: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Severity: grave
Tags: security

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for mysql-dfsg-5.0.

CVE-2008-0227[0]:
| yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products,
| allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a
| Hello packet containing a large size value, which triggers a buffer
| over-read in the HASHwithTransform::Update function in hash.cpp.

CVE-2008-0226[0]:
| Multiple buffer overflows in yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL
| and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to execute
| arbitrary code via (1) the ProcessOldClientHello function in
| handshake.cpp or (2) "input_buffer& operator>>" in yassl_imp.cpp.


If you fix this vulnerability please also include the CVE id
in your changelog entry.

For further information:
[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0227
[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0226

Kind regards
Nico

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