Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting mysql package, versions [,5.1.51)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.39% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MYSQL-2334515
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Jan 2011
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Jan 2011

CVE-2010-3840  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mysql to version 5.1.51 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The Gis_line_string::init_from_wkb function in sql/spatial.cc in MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.51 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) by calling the PolyFromWKB function with Well-Known Binary (WKB) data containing a crafted number of (1) line strings or (2) line points.

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