CVE-2002-1374
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
The COM_CHANGE_USER command in MySQL 3.x before 3.23.54, and 4.x before 4.0.6, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a brute force attack using a one-character password, which causes MySQL to only compare the provided password against the first character of the real password.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)20%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-2660.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-2660.htmlPatch
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000555
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103971644013961&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104004857201968&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104005886114500&w=2
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/042002.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-212
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:087