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FreeBSD Ports: mysql-server

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

FreeBSD Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

7 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

The following package is affected: mysql-server CVE-2008-3963 MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.

Solution

Solution

Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=35658 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-66.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-26.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-6.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31769 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/66a770b4-e008-11dd-a765-0030843d3802.html

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