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Oracle MySQL Empty Binary String DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4652

Synopsis

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

Description

This version of MySQL is vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service (DoS) attack when it processes empty binary strings. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need some way of injecting data into a MySQL query. Successful exploitation would result in the database crashing.

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.66, 5.1.26, 6.0.6 or higher.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31081

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4652

Family: Database

Published: 9/10/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 34160, 34161, 34162

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-2008-3963

BID: 31081