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MySQL buffer overflow

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Gain a shell remotely

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

18 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

You are running a version of MySQL which is older than 4.0.21. MySQL is a database which runs on both Linux/BSD and Windows platform. This version is vulnerable to a length overflow within it's mysql_real_connect() function. The overflow is due to an error in the processing of a return Domain (DNS) record. An attacker, exploiting this flaw, would need to control a DNS server which would be queried by the MySQL server. A successful attack would give the attacker the ability to execute arbitrary code on the remote machine.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of MySQL 4.0.21 or newer

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