CVE-2005-2558

Publication date 16 August 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Stack-based buffer overflow in the init_syms function in MySQL 4.0 before 4.0.25, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 5.0 before 5.0.7-beta allows remote authenticated users who can create user-defined functions to execute arbitrary code via a long function_name field.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mysql-dfsg 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy
Fixed 4.0.24-10ubuntu2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 4.0.24-10ubuntu2
mysql-dfsg-4.1 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy
Fixed 4.1.15-1ubuntu5
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 4.1.15-1ubuntu5
mysql-dfsg-5.0 7.04 feisty
Fixed 5.0.38-0ubuntu1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 5.0.24a-9ubuntu0.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.3

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-180-2
    • MySQL 4.1 vulnerability
    • 5 December 2005
    • USN-180-1
    • MySQL vulnerability
    • 12 September 2005

Other references