CVE-2008-3963

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-09-11

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2008-3963 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (mysql)	ELSA-2009-1289	2009-09-08

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