[ NNSquad ] Serious new MySQL security vulnerability

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Serious new MySQL security vulnerability

http://j.mp/LXunyu  (Sucuri)

   "A serious security vulnerability discovered in MySQL was disclosed
    this weekend. It basically allows anyone to bypass authentication and
    login directly into the database. We tried on a few 64bit Ubuntu
    systems and were able to replicate the issue (it seems that only 64
    bit platforms are affected)."

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Of course, having MySQL accessible directly from the Net without
connection restrictions is A Bad Idea in any case.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
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