National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-1331
Original release date:12/31/2003
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Stack-based buffer overflow in the mysql_real_connect function in the MySql client library (libmysqlclient) 4.0.13 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long socket name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1453.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
4.9
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (06/29/2007)
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Red Hat does not consider this issue to be a security vulnerability since no trust boundary is crossed. The user must voluntarily interact with the attack mechanism to exploit this flaw, with the result being the ability to run code as themselves.
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External Source: XF
Name: mysql-mysqlrealconnect-bo(12337)
External Source: BID
Name: 7887
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=564
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20030612 libmysqlclient 4.x and below mysql_real_connect() buffer overflow.
