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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-4456: MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-4456: MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/06/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the command-line client in MySQL 5.0.26 through 5.0.45, and other versions including versions later than 5.0.45, when the --html option is enabled, allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by placing it in a database cell, which might be accessed by this client when composing an HTML document. NOTE: as of 20081031, the issue has not been fixed in MySQL 5.0.67.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-db-mysql

References

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