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CVE-2008-3963

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Sep 11, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 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
2.7 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3963
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/134.html

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

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MysqlMysql5.0.0 (including)5.0.0 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.1 (including)5.0.1 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.2 (including)5.0.2 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.3 (including)5.0.3 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.4 (including)5.0.4 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.5 (including)5.0.5 (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)
MysqlMysql5.0.20 (including)5.0.20 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.22.1.0.1 (including)5.0.22.1.0.1 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.24 (including)5.0.24 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.30 (including)5.0.30 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.36 (including)5.0.36 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.44 (including)5.0.44 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.54 (including)5.0.54 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.56 (including)5.0.56 (including)
MysqlMysql5.0.60 (including)5.0.60 (including)
MysqlMysql5.1.5 (including)5.1.5 (including)
MysqlMysql5.1.23 (including)5.1.23 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.0-alpha (including)5.0.0-alpha (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.6 (including)5.0.6 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.23 (including)5.0.23 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.25 (including)5.0.25 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.26 (including)5.0.26 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.30-sp1 (including)5.0.30-sp1 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.32 (including)5.0.32 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.33 (including)5.0.33 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.38 (including)5.0.38 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.41 (including)5.0.41 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.42 (including)5.0.42 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.45 (including)5.0.45 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.50 (including)5.0.50 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.51 (including)5.0.51 (including)
MysqlOracle5.0.52 (including)5.0.52 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1 (including)5.1 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.1 (including)5.1.1 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.2 (including)5.1.2 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.3 (including)5.1.3 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.4 (including)5.1.4 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.6 (including)5.1.6 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.7 (including)5.1.7 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.8 (including)5.1.8 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.9 (including)5.1.9 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.10 (including)5.1.10 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.11 (including)5.1.11 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.12 (including)5.1.12 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.13 (including)5.1.13 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.14 (including)5.1.14 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.15 (including)5.1.15 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.16 (including)5.1.16 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.17 (including)5.1.17 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.18 (including)5.1.18 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.19 (including)5.1.19 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.20 (including)5.1.20 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.21 (including)5.1.21 (including)
MysqlOracle5.1.22 (including)5.1.22 (including)
MysqlOracle6.0.0 (including)6.0.0 (including)
MysqlOracle6.0.1 (including)6.0.1 (including)
MysqlOracle6.0.2 (including)6.0.2 (including)
MysqlOracle6.0.3 (including)6.0.3 (including)
MysqlOracle6.0.4 (including)6.0.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatmysql-0:5.0.77-3.el5*
Mysql-dfsg-5.0Ubuntudapper*
Mysql-dfsg-5.0Ubuntufeisty*
Mysql-dfsg-5.0Ubuntugutsy*
Mysql-dfsg-5.0Ubuntuhardy*
Mysql-dfsg-5.0Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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