CVE-2007-6304

high

Description

The federated engine in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.51a, 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when performing a certain SHOW TABLE STATUS query, allows remote MySQL servers to cause a denial of service (federated handler crash and daemon crash) via a response that lacks the minimum required number of columns.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/559-1/

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2187

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38990

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2007-6271

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4198

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26832

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487606/100/0/threaded

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:028

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:017

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1451

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0040

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019085

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-04.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/29706

http://secunia.com/advisories/28838

http://secunia.com/advisories/28739

http://secunia.com/advisories/28637

http://secunia.com/advisories/28343

http://secunia.com/advisories/28128

http://secunia.com/advisories/28063

http://osvdb.org/42609

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html

http://lists.mysql.com/announce/502

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-4.html

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-23.html

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=29801

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-12-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0296