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HIGH

security flaw

Published Dec 17, 2002

Description

libmysqlclient client library in MySQL 3.x to 3.23.54, and 4.x to 4.0.6, does not properly verify length fields for certain responses in the (1) read_rows or (2) read_one_row routines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (18)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 17, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Dec 16, 2002
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Dec 12, 2002