Description

Buffer overflow in client/mysql.cc in Oracle MySQL and MariaDB before 5.5.35 allows remote database servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long server version string.

References

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~maria-captains/maria/5.5/revision/2502.565.64

http://osvdb.org/102713

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0164.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0173.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0186.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0189.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/52161

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-04.xml

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:029

http://www.osvdb.org/102714

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65298

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029708

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1054592

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90901

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-5535-changelog/

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2