Detections
Analytics

MariaDB Server 5.5.x < 5.5.50 DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9452

Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by a Denial of Service (DoS) attack vector.

Description

MariaDB is a community-developed fork of the MySQL relational database. The version of MariaDB installed on the remote host is 5.5.x earlier than 5.5.50, and is therefore affected by a flaw in the 'Item_func_match::fix_index()' function in 'sql/item_func.cc' that is triggered during the handling of a full-text search of the 'utf8mb4' column. This may allow an authenticated attacker to crash the database.

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.5.50 or later.

See Also

https://mariadb.org/mariadb-5-5-50-updated-connectors-now-available

https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-9986

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 9452

Family: Database

Published: 8/5/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mariadb:mariadb

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2016