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MySQL Community Server 5.1 < 5.1.32 XPath Expression DoS

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801118

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The version of MySQL 5.1 installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.1.32 and is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. Specifically, a user can cause an assertion failure leading to a server crash by calling 'ExtractValue()' or 'UpdateXML()' using an XPath expression employing a scalar expression as a 'FilterExpr'.

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.1.32 or higher.

See Also

dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-32.html

bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=42495

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 801118

Family: Database

Nessus ID: 35766

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0819

BID: 33972