MySQL User Defined Functions Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Publish date: October 23, 2014
Severity: MEDIUM
CVE Identifier: CVE-2005-2558
Advisory Date: OCT 23, 2014
DESCRIPTION
Stack-based buffer overflow in the init_syms function in MySQL 4.0 before 4.0.25, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 5.0 before 5.0.7-beta allows remote authenticated users who can create user-defined functions to execute arbitrary code via a long function_name field.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
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SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1000475
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1000475 - Buffer Overflow in MySQL User Defined Functions
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.0
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.1
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.10
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.11
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.11 -gamma
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.12
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.13
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.14
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.15
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.18
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.2
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.20
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.21
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.24
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.3
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.4
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.5
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.5 a
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.6
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.7
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.7 -gamma
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.8
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.8 -gamma
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.9
- MySQL MySQL 4.0.9 -gamma
- MySQL MySQL 4.1.0-0
- MySQL MySQL 4.1.0-alpha
- MySQL MySQL 4.1.10a
- MySQL MySQL 4.1.2 -alpha
- MySQL MySQL 4.1.3 -0
- MySQL MySQL 4.1.3 -Beta
- MySQL MySQL 4.1.4
- MySQL MySQL 4.1.5
- MySQL MySQL 5.0.0-0
- MySQL MySQL 5.0.0-alpha
- MySQL MySQL 5.0.1
- MySQL MySQL 5.0.2
- MySQL MySQL 5.0.3
- MySQL MySQL 5.0.4
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