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USN-2170-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

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USN-2170-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/31/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/28/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Buffer overflow in client/mysql.cc in Oracle MySQL and MariaDB before 5.5.35 allows remote database servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long server version string.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-mysql-server-5-5

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