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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0819

Original release date:03/05/2009
Last revised:08/21/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

sql/item_xmlfunc.cc in MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.32 and 6.0 before 6.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via "an XPath expression employing a scalar expression as a FilterExpr with ExtractValue() or UpdateXML()," which triggers an assertion failure.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=42495
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=42495
External Source: XF
Name: mysql-xpath-dos(49050)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49050
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0594
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0594
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021786
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021786
External Source: BID
Name: 33972
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33972
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34115
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34115
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-10.html
Hyperlink:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-10.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-32.html
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-32.html

Vulnerable software and versions

Nav control imageConfiguration 1
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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.1.15
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:6.0.9
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:6.0.10-bzr
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.1.30
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mysql:mysql:5.1.32-bzr and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0819