Simon Fraser University

[linux-security] MySQL DoS and local root exploits

Topic ===== local root exploit and DoS attack against MySQL Problem Description ===== MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. The MySQL package contains a bug whereby dynamically ...
Simon Fraser University

[linux-security] MySQL exploit

Topic ===== Buffer overflow in MySQL allows remote exploit. Problem Description ===== A buffer overflow in the mysql server that leads to a remote exploit. An attacker could gain mysqld privileges ...
InfoQ

Linux Security Tools Bypassed by io_uring Rootkit Technique, ARMO Research Reveals

Security researchers at ARMO have uncovered a significant vulnerability in Linux runtime security tools that stems from the io_uring interface, an asynchronous I/O mechanism that can completely bypass ...
Bleeping Computer

MySQL servers targeted by 'Ddostf' DDoS-as-a-Service botnet

MySQL servers are being targeted by the 'Ddostf' malware botnet to enslave them for a DDoS-as-a-Service platform whose firepower is rented to other cybercriminals. This campaign was discovered by ...
ZDNet

MySQL security flaws uncovered

Several vulnerabilities have been found in the MySQL database system, a light database package commonly used in Linux environments but which runs also on Microsoft platforms, HP-Unix, Mac OS and more.