MySQL empty bit-string literal denial of service
| mysql-bitstring-dos (45042) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MySQL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of an empty bit-string literal. By sending a specially-crafted SQL statement containing an empty bit-string literal, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the daemon to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of MySQL (5.1.26 or 5.0.66 or later), available from the MySQL Web site. See References.
References:
- Gentoo Bugzilla Bug 237166: dev-db/mysql <5.0.66 b'' Server DoS (CVE-2008-3963).
- MySQL Bug #35658: An empty binary value leads to mysqld crash.
- MySQL Web site: MySQL Downloads.
- oss-security Mailing List, Tue, 9 Sep 2008 14:18:40 +0200: CVE request: MySQL empty bit-string literal server crash .
- ASA-2009-199: Red Hat Application Stack v2.3 security and enhancement update (RHSA-2009-1067)
- BID-31081: MySQL Empty Binary String Literal Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-3963: MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.
- DSA-1783: mysql-dfsg-5.0 -- multiple vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2009:094: mysql
- MDVSA-2009:326: mysql
- RHSA-2009-1067: Moderate: Red Hat Application Stack v2.3 security and enhancement update
- RHSA-2009-1289: Moderate: mysql security and bug fix update
- SA31769: MySQL Empty Bit-String Literal Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1020858: MySQL Item_bin_string::Item_bin_string() Binary Value Processing Bug Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service
- SUSE-SR:2008:025: SUSE Security Summary Report
- SUSE-SR:2009:001: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-671-1: MySQL vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2554: MySQL Empty Bit-String Literal Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- Debian Debian Linux 5.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0 X86_64
- MySQL MySQL 5.0.6
- MySQL MySQL 5.1.23
- MySQL MySQL 6.0.4
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat RHEL Application Stack 2
Reported:
Sep 08, 2008
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