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CVE-2004-0836

CVE information

Published

19 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

Buffer overflow in the mysql_real_connect function in MySQL 4.x before 4.0.21, and 3.x before 3.23.49, allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DNS response with a large address length (h_length)..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
10/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
3.20 3.23.49
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
4.0.0 4.0.21
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
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