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MySQL Empty Bit-String Literal Denial of Service Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

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

4 years ago

Summary

This host is running MySQL, which is prone to Denial of Service Vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

Issue is due to error while processing an empty bit string literal via a specially crafted SQL statement.

Affected Software

Affected Software

MySQL versions prior to 5.0.x - 5.0.66, 5.1.x - 5.1.26, and 6.0.x - 6.0.5 on all running platform.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 5.0.66 or 5.1.26 or 6.0.6 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)