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MySQL 'ALTER DATABASE' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Databases
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
3.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The host is running MySQL and is prone to Denial Of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error when processing the 'ALTER DATABASE' statement and can be exploited to corrupt the MySQL data directory using the '#mysql50#' prefix followed by a '.' or '..'. NOTE: Successful exploitation requires 'ALTER' privileges on a database.
Affected Software
Affected Software
MySQL version priot to 5.1.48 on all running platform.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to MySQL version 5.1.48.