CVE-2008-3963
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4 · CWE-134
4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31769Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759Advisory
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=35658
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-66.html
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-26.html
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-6.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32769