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TITLE:
MySQL Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16170

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16170/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
MySQL 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/404/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in MySQL, which can be
exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or
potentially by malicious people to execute arbitrary code.

1) MySQL uses a vulnerable version of the zlib library.

For more information:
SA15949

2) It is possible for malicious users to crash the server in various
ways. See the vendor advisory for details.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.1.13.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/news-4-1-13.html

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