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CVE-2008-3963

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2009-01-11	mysql -- empty bit-string literal denial of service

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CVE-2008-3963 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-3963
Phase	Assigned(20080909)

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.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20080909 CVE request: MySQL empty bit-string literal server crash
MLIST	[oss-security] 20080909 Re: CVE request: MySQL empty bit-string literal server crash
CONFIRM	http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=35658
CONFIRM	http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-66.html
CONFIRM	http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-26.html
CONFIRM	http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-6.html
CONFIRM	https://bugs.gentoo.org/237166
DEBIAN	DSA-1783
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2009:094
REDHAT	RHSA-2009:1067
REDHAT	RHSA-2009:1289
SUSE	SUSE-SR:2008:025
UBUNTU	USN-671-1
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10521
SECUNIA	34907
SECUNIA	32769
SECUNIA	36566
VUPEN	ADV-2008-2554
SECTRACK	1020858
SECUNIA	31769
SECUNIA	32759
XF	mysql-bitstring-dos(45042)