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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2446

Overview

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the dispatch_command function in libmysqld/sql_parse.cc in mysqld in MySQL 4.0.0 through 5.0.83 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via format string specifiers in a database name in a (1) COM_CREATE_DB or (2) COM_DROP_DB request. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/20/2009)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-2446#c30 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, future MySQL package updates may address this flaw for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 and Red Hat Application Stack 2.

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Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

OR

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.8a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.9

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.7

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.8

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.20

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.2:alpha

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.2

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.19

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.18

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.17

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.16

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.15a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.6

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.23

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.5

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.4

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.3:beta

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.3

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.22

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.21

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.0.0

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.1

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.10

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.10a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.9:gamma

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.0

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.0:alpha

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.13a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.14

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.14a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.15

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.11

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.12

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.12a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.1.13

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.27

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.26

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.4

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.3

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.23

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.21

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.25

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.24

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.8

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.7:gamma

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.9

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.8:gamma

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.5a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.5

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.7

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.6

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.1

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.10

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.0

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.12

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.13

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.11

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.11:gamma

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.16

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.17

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.14

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.15

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.2

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.20

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.18

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:4.0.19

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.0:alpha

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.0.0

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.0

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.14

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.15

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.12

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.13

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.10a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.11

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.1

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.10

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.30:sp1

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.50

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.45

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.44

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.30

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.42

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.56

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.54

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.52

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.51

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.23

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.38

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.36

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.32

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.25

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.51b

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.51a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.5.0.21

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.5

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.6

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.9

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.8

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.3:beta

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.3

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.37

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.26

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.33

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.24a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.4

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.3a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.4a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.41

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.2

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.20

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.20a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.21

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.22

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.22.1.0.1

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.24

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.27

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.15a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.16

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.16a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.17

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.17a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.18

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.19

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.1a

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.7

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.66

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.60

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.75

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.82

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.83

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.81

* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.0.77

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