CVE-2008-3963

Published Sep 11, 2008

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Hype score
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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-134

Vendor comments

  • Red HatThis issue did not affect MySQL as supplied with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4. This issue was addressed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Application Stack v2 https://rhn.redhat.com/cve/CVE-2008-3963.html

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