Oracle MySQL 5.1.67 and earlier and 5.5.29 and earlier, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld crash) via a SELECT command with an UpdateXML command containing XML with a large number of unique, nested elements.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.0 (including) | 5.1.67 (including) |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.5.0 (including) | 5.5.29 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | RedHat | mysql-0:5.1.69-1.el6_4 | * |
| Mysql-5.5 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0772.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/7
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027829
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882607
- https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3910
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0772.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/7
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027829
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882607
- https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3910