Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting mysql package, versions [,4.0.25)[4.1.0,4.1.13)[5.0.0,5.0.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.33% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MYSQL-2333870
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Aug 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Aug 2005

CVE-2005-2558  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mysql to version 4.0.25, 4.1.13, 5.0.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Stack-based buffer overflow in the init_syms function in MySQL 4.0 before 4.0.25, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 5.0 before 5.0.7-beta allows remote authenticated users who can create user-defined functions to execute arbitrary code via a long function_name field.

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