MySQL Large Packet Processing Flaw in my_net_skip_rest() Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1024032 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1024032
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2010-1849
(Links to External Site)
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Date: May 26 2010
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 5.1.47
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in MySQL. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send a specially crafted packet that is larger than the maximum allowed packet size to cause the target service to read packets indefinitely, consuming excessive CPU resources on the target system.
Eric Day reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can consume excessive CPU resources on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (5.1.47).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-47.html
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Vendor URL: www.mysql.com/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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