The federated engine in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.51a, 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when performing a certain SHOW TABLE STATUS query, allows remote MySQL servers to cause a denial of service (federated handler crash and daemon crash) via a response that lacks the minimum required number of columns.
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2187
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38990
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4198
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26832
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487606/100/0/threaded
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:028
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:017
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1451
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0040
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019085
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-04.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/29706
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
http://secunia.com/advisories/28739
http://secunia.com/advisories/28637
http://secunia.com/advisories/28343
http://secunia.com/advisories/28128
http://secunia.com/advisories/28063
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/502
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-4.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-23.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html