Buffer overflow in client/mysql.cc in Oracle MySQL and MariaDB before 5.5.35 allows remote database servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long server version string.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-0001 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (mariadb55-mariadb) | RHSA-2014:0189 | 2014-02-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (mysql) | RHSA-2014:0164 | 2014-02-12 |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (mysql55-mysql) | RHSA-2014:0173 | 2014-02-13 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (mysql55-mysql) | RHSA-2014:0186 | 2014-02-18 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | mariadb | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | mysql | Not affected |
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