Oracle MySQL < 5.0.40 IF Query NULL Dereference DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3985

Synopsis

The remote database server is prone to a denial of service attack.

Description

The version of MySQL installed on the remote host is reportedly affected by a denial of service vulnerability that may be triggered with a specially crafted IF query. An attacker who can execute arbitrary SELECT statements may be able to leverage this issue to crash the affected service.

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.40 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3985

Family: Database

Published: 5/10/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 25198

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mysql:mysql

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2583

BID: 23911

Detections

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