[rock-user] [Security Announcement] mysql (RLSA-20060614-01)

This is a ROCK Linux Security Announcement.

Package: mysql
Announcement ID: RLSA-20060614-01
Date: 2006-06-14
Affected Distributions: Crystal, LiveCD
Affected Releases: Crystal ROCK CLT
Cross References: CVE-2006-2753
Fixed at trunk revision: 7664

Content of this advisory:
1) Problem Description
2) Solution or Work-Around
3) Special instructions and notes
4) Updateing your source tree
5) Source package update
6) Binary package update

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1) Problem Description
There are security problems in mysql releases prior 4.1.20. For
details please look at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-20.html for details.

2) Solution or Workaround
There is no known Work-Around. Please update the package.

3) Special instruction and notes
Please dump your data to restore it into the new version of mysql.

4) Updateing your source tree
If you are using a subversion checkout of trunk, run:
 svn up

If you are using submaster run,
 sm sync
to merge the update from trunk into your tree

5) Source package update
As a user of an affected distribution you can update this package by
rebuilding it on your machine
run
 rocket updsrc
to update your local sources and
 rocket emerge mysql
to install the updated package

6) Binary package update
there are no new binary packages available for this package yet.