CVE-2009-2446

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-07-13

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the dispatch_command function in libmysqld/sql_parse.cc in mysqld in MySQL 4.0.0 through 5.0.83 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via format string specifiers in a database name in a (1) COM_CREATE_DB or (2) COM_DROP_DB request. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

See more information about CVE-2009-2446 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:	8.5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (mysql)	ELSA-2010-0110	2010-02-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (mysql)	ELSA-2009-1289	2009-09-08

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