MySQL IF Query Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA25188
Release Date: 2007-05-10
Popularity: 11,347 views

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

Software:MySQL 5.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2583


Description:
Neil Kettle 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 when handling specially crafted IF queries, which can be exploited to crash the server.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 5.0.40.

Solution:
Update to version 5.0.40.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Neil Kettle

Original Advisory:
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27513


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