Oracle MySQL User-Defined Function init_syms() Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3158

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

According to its version number, the installation of MySQL on the remote host may be prone to a buffer overflow when copying the name of a user-defined function into a stack-based buffer. With sufficient access to create a user-defined function, an attacker may be able to exploit this and execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected database server process.

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.25 / 4.1.13 / 5.0.7-beta or higher.

See Also

http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/mysql/2005-002.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3158

Family: Database

Published: 8/9/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 19416

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mysql:mysql

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2558

BID: 14509