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MySQL InnoDB Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27568
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Release Date:
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2007-11-19
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Popularity:
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7,873 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Workaround
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| Software: | MySQL 4.x
MySQL 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5925
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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 assertion error within the InnoDB engine and can be exploited to crash the database server via certain "CONTAINS" statements.
Successful exploitation requires "ALTER" privileges.
The vulnerability is reported in version 5.1.17, 5.0.44, and 4.1.20. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Grant only trusted users access with "ALTER" privileges to affected systems.
Fixes for MySQL 5.x are reportedly available in the InnoDB repository.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Artem Russakovskii
Original Advisory:
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32125
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