Stefan Streichbier and B. Mueller of SEC Consult discovered that MySQL subselect queries using “ORDER BY” could be made to crash the MySQL server. An attacker with access to a MySQL instance could cause an intermitant denial of service.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
22 March 2007
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Stefan Streichbier and B. Mueller of SEC Consult discovered that MySQL subselect queries using “ORDER BY” could be made to crash the MySQL server. An attacker with access to a MySQL instance could cause an intermitant denial of service.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
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