MEDIUM
security flaw
Published May 5, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 35.78%
Description
The check_connection function in sql_parse.cc in MySQL 4.0.x up to 4.0.26, 4.1.x up to 4.1.18, and 5.0.x up to 5.0.20 allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a username without a trailing null byte, which causes a buffer over-read.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.8
- 4.1.10
- 4.1.12
- 4.1.13
- 4.1.14
- 4.1.15
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.10
- 5.0.15
- 5.0.16
- 5.0.17
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.5a
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.10
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.12
- 4.0.13
- 4.0.14
- 4.0.15
- 4.0.16
- 4.0.17
- 4.0.18
- 4.0.19
- 4.0.20
- 4.0.21
- 4.0.23
- 4.0.24
- 4.0.25
- 4.0.26
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
- 4.1.6
- 4.1.7
- 4.1.9
- 4.1.11
- 4.1.16
- 4.1.17
- 4.1.18
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.6
- 5.0.7
- 5.0.8
- 5.0.9
- 5.0.11
- 5.0.12
- 5.0.13
- 5.0.14
- 5.0.18
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
mysql-0:4.1.20-1.RHEL4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0544
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | mysql-0:4.1.20-1.RHEL4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0544 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
35.78% 0.35777
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.35777
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (26 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 35.78% (0.35777) | 98.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 35.78% (0.35777) | 98.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 33.50% (0.33497) | 98.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 81.81% (0.81806) | 99.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 62.20% (0.62200) | 98.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 81.81% (0.81806) | 99.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 62.20% (0.62200) | 98.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 81.81% (0.81806) | 99.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 62.20% (0.62200) | 98.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 19, 2025 | 81.81% (0.81806) | 99.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 83.11% (0.83107) | 99.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 85.92% (0.85917) | 99.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 83.11% (0.83107) | 99.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 93.84% (0.93844) | 99.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 24, 2024 | 81.55% (0.81552) | 98.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 83.39% (0.83393) | 98.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 15, 2023 | 89.39% (0.89392) | 98.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | 87.06% (0.87065) | 98.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 9, 2023 | 89.30% (0.89303) | 98.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 91.90% (0.91898) | 98.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 16, 2023 | 92.25% (0.92254) | 98.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2023 | 91.32% (0.91320) | 98.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 93.91% (0.93913) | 98.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 21.35% (0.21347) | 96.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 21.35% (0.21347) | 96.25th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 21.35% (0.21347) | 94.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (46)
- http://bugs.debian.org/365938 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-21.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/20253 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20333 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20424 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20457 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20625 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20762 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29847 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/840 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016017 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.599377 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-236703-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1071 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1073 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1079 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:084 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0544.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432733/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434164/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17780 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0028 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1633 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1326/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=7 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1516 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618038 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26236 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1516
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9918 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/283-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1516
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published May 5, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 30, 2006
Link CVE-2006-1516
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a