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CVE-2006-3469

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Jul 21, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3469
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/134.html

Format string vulnerability in time.cc in MySQL Server 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 1 April 2006 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a format string instead of a date as the first parameter to the date_format function, which is later used in a formatted print call to display the error message.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MysqlMysql4.1.8 (including)4.1.8 (including)
MysqlMysql4.1.12 (including)4.1.12 (including)
MysqlMysql4.1.13 (including)4.1.13 (including)
MysqlMysql4.1.14 (including)4.1.14 (including)
MysqlMysql4.1.15 (including)4.1.15 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.5.0.21 (including)5.0.5.0.21 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.10 (including)5.0.10 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.15 (including)5.0.15 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.16 (including)5.0.16 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.17 (including)5.0.17 (including)
MysqlOracle4.1.6 (including)4.1.6 (including)
MysqlOracle4.1.7 (including)4.1.7 (including)
MysqlOracle4.1.9 (including)4.1.9 (including)
MysqlOracle4.1.11 (including)4.1.11 (including)
MysqlOracle4.1.16 (including)4.1.16 (including)
MysqlOracle4.1.18 (including)4.1.18 (including)
MysqlOracle4.1.19 (including)4.1.19 (including)
MysqlOracle4.1.20 (including)4.1.20 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.6 (including)5.0.6 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.9 (including)5.0.9 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.11 (including)5.0.11 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.12 (including)5.0.12 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.13 (including)5.0.13 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.18 (including)5.0.18 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.19 (including)5.0.19 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatmysql-0:4.1.22-2.el4*
Mysql-dfsg-5.0Ubuntudapper*
Mysql-dfsg-5.0Ubuntuedgy*
Mysql-dfsg-5.0Ubuntufeisty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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