Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2012-92
Advisory Release Date: 2012-07-05 13:59 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-14 16:22 Pacific
Severity:
Low
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in the way MySQL processed HANDLER READ NEXT statements after deleting a record. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to provide such requests, causing mysqld to crash. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash. (CVE-2012-2102)
Affected Packages:
mysql51
Issue Correction:
Run yum update mysql51 to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
mysql51-server-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.i686
mysql51-embedded-devel-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.i686
mysql51-common-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.i686
mysql51-libs-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.i686
mysql51-test-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.i686
mysql51-devel-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.i686
mysql51-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.i686
mysql51-embedded-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.i686
mysql51-bench-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.i686
mysql51-debuginfo-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.i686
src:
mysql51-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.src
x86_64:
mysql51-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-common-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-server-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-bench-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-devel-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-debuginfo-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-libs-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-test-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-embedded-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.x86_64
mysql51-embedded-devel-5.1.61-4.54.amzn1.x86_64