Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2012-145
Advisory Release Date: 2012-12-06 21:25 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-14 17:19 Pacific
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the user permission checking code in MySQL. An authenticated database user could use this flaw to crash the mysqld daemon or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the mysqld daemon. (CVE-2012-5611)
Affected Packages:
mysql51
Issue Correction:
Run yum update mysql51 to update your system.
i686:
mysql51-bench-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.i686
mysql51-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.i686
mysql51-embedded-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.i686
mysql51-embedded-devel-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.i686
mysql51-libs-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.i686
mysql51-debuginfo-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.i686
mysql51-common-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.i686
mysql51-test-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.i686
mysql51-devel-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.i686
mysql51-server-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.i686
src:
mysql51-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.src
x86_64:
mysql51-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-debuginfo-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-embedded-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-server-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-libs-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-embedded-devel-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-devel-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-common-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-test-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-bench-5.1.66-1.57.amzn1.x86_64