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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1420

Original release date:03/12/2007
Last revised:04/08/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

MySQL 5.x before 5.0.36 allows local users to cause a denial of service (database crash) by performing information_schema table subselects and using ORDER BY to sort a single-row result, which prevents certain structure elements from being initialized and triggers a NULL dereference in the filesort function.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:2.1 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/25/2008)
This issue did not affect mysql packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4. Issue was addressed in mysql packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html

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External Source: BID
Name: 22900
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22900
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1127
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1127
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-440-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-440-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017746
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017746
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070309 SEC Consult SA-20070309-0 :: MySQL 5 Single Row Subselect Denial of Service
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/462339/100/0/threaded
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.sec-consult.com/284.html
Hyperlink:http://www.sec-consult.com/284.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0364
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:139
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:139
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-0908
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0908
External Source: SREASON
Name: 2413
Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2413
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200705-11
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-11.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30351
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30351
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25946
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25946
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25389
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25389
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25196
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25196
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 24609
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24609
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 24483
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24483
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-36.html
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-36.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=24630
Hyperlink:http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=24630

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.27
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.33
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1420