CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-3963

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Sep 11, 2008 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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
2.7 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mysql Mysql 5.0.0 (including) 5.0.0 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.1 (including) 5.0.1 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.2 (including) 5.0.2 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.3 (including) 5.0.3 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.4 (including) 5.0.4 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.5 (including) 5.0.5 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.5.0.21 (including) 5.0.5.0.21 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.10 (including) 5.0.10 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.15 (including) 5.0.15 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.16 (including) 5.0.16 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.17 (including) 5.0.17 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.20 (including) 5.0.20 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.22.1.0.1 (including) 5.0.22.1.0.1 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.24 (including) 5.0.24 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.30 (including) 5.0.30 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.36 (including) 5.0.36 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.44 (including) 5.0.44 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.54 (including) 5.0.54 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.56 (including) 5.0.56 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.0.60 (including) 5.0.60 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.1.5 (including) 5.1.5 (including)
Mysql Mysql 5.1.23 (including) 5.1.23 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.0-alpha (including) 5.0.0-alpha (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.6 (including) 5.0.6 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.23 (including) 5.0.23 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.25 (including) 5.0.25 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.26 (including) 5.0.26 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.30-sp1 (including) 5.0.30-sp1 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.32 (including) 5.0.32 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.33 (including) 5.0.33 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.38 (including) 5.0.38 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.41 (including) 5.0.41 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.42 (including) 5.0.42 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.45 (including) 5.0.45 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.50 (including) 5.0.50 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.51 (including) 5.0.51 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.0.52 (including) 5.0.52 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1 (including) 5.1 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.1 (including) 5.1.1 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.2 (including) 5.1.2 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.3 (including) 5.1.3 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.4 (including) 5.1.4 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.6 (including) 5.1.6 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.7 (including) 5.1.7 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.8 (including) 5.1.8 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.9 (including) 5.1.9 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.10 (including) 5.1.10 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.11 (including) 5.1.11 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.12 (including) 5.1.12 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.13 (including) 5.1.13 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.14 (including) 5.1.14 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.15 (including) 5.1.15 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.16 (including) 5.1.16 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.17 (including) 5.1.17 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.18 (including) 5.1.18 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.19 (including) 5.1.19 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.20 (including) 5.1.20 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.21 (including) 5.1.21 (including)
Mysql Oracle 5.1.22 (including) 5.1.22 (including)
Mysql Oracle 6.0.0 (including) 6.0.0 (including)
Mysql Oracle 6.0.1 (including) 6.0.1 (including)
Mysql Oracle 6.0.2 (including) 6.0.2 (including)
Mysql Oracle 6.0.3 (including) 6.0.3 (including)
Mysql Oracle 6.0.4 (including) 6.0.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat mysql-0:5.0.77-3.el5 *
Mysql-dfsg-5.0 Ubuntu dapper *
Mysql-dfsg-5.0 Ubuntu feisty *
Mysql-dfsg-5.0 Ubuntu gutsy *
Mysql-dfsg-5.0 Ubuntu hardy *
Mysql-dfsg-5.0 Ubuntu upstream *

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