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Oracle MySQL Vulnerability: CVE-2011-5049

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Oracle MySQL Vulnerability: CVE-2011-5049

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/04/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/29/2012
Modified
08/22/2013

Description

MySQL 5.5.8, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted packet to TCP port 3306.

Solution(s)

  • mysql-upgrade-latest

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