MaxDB denial of service
| maxdb-dos (18387) |  Low Risk |
Description:
MaxDB is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker could issue a specially-crafted command to cause a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- MySQL, MaxDB 7.5.00.08
- MySQL, MaxDB 7.5.00.11
- MySQL, MaxDB 7.5.00.12
- MySQL, MaxDB 7.5.00.14
- MySQL, MaxDB 7.5.00.15
- MySQL, MaxDB 7.5.00.16
- MySQL, MaxDB 7.5.00.18
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of MaxDB (7.5.00.19 or later), available from the MaxDB Download Web page. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Dec 07 2004 - 12:18:38 CST, MaxDB WebTools <= 7.5.00.18 buffer overflow and Denial of Service at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0041.html.
- MaxDB Download Web page, Download MaxDB by MySQL at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/maxdb/7.5.00.html.
- BID-11843: MySQL MaxDB WAHTTP Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1169: MaxDB WebTools 7.5.00.18 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an HTTP GET request for a file that does not exist, followed by two carriage returns, which causes a NULL dereference.
Reported:
Dec 07, 2004
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