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MySQL MS-DOS Device Names Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA14564
Release Date: 2005-03-14
Last Update: 2005-07-22
Popularity: 11,202 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:MySQL 4.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of reserved MS-DOS device names. This can be exploited to cause a crash by changing to a database with a specially crafted name.

Example:
use LPT1;

Successful exploitation requires global privileges (on *.*) for any of the following commands:
* REFERENCES
* CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES
* GRANT OPTION
* CREATE
* SELECT

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 4.0.x and 4.1.x for Windows.

Change Page:
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