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MySQL Community Server 5.1 < 5.1.48 Denial of Service Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5588

Synopsis

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

Description

Versions of MySQL Community Server 5.1 earlier than 5.1.48 are potentially affected by a denial-of-service vulnerability. The 'ALTER DATABASE' command can be misused by a user with 'ALTER' privileges to cause the MySQL data directory to become unusable.

Solution

Upgrade to MySQL Community Server 5.1.48 or later.

See Also

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=53804

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-48.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5588

Family: Database

Published: 6/29/2010

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 47158

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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:community_server

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2008

BID: 41198