CVE-2008-3963 (GCVE-0-2008-3963)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-09-10 15:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:00
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
References
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=35658 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-26.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-66.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-6.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/7 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2554 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugs.gentoo.org/237166 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45042 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1783 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1289.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/32769 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/34907 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/4 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36566 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31769 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020858 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10521 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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