CVE-2010-3838
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4
4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.92, 5.1 before 5.1.51, and 5.5 before 5.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a query that uses the (1) GREATEST or (2) LEAST function with a mixed list of numeric and LONGBLOB arguments, which is not properly handled when the function's result is "processed using an intermediate temporary table."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
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/42875Advisory
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=54461
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-92.html
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-51.html
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-6.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42936
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723