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MySQL Empty Bit-String Literal Denial of Service

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MySQL Empty Bit-String Literal Denial of Service

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/11/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/15/2008
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.

Solution(s)

  • mysql-upgrade-5_0_66
  • mysql-upgrade-5_1_26
  • mysql-upgrade-6_0_6

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