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MySQL Empty Bit-String Literal Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA31769
Release Date: 2008-09-11
Popularity: 3,941 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:MySQL 5.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in MySQL, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing an empty bit-string literal and can be exploited to crash the server via a specially crafted SQL statement.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 5.0.66 and 5.1.26.

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