CVE-2008-3963

Description

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-134

References

• http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=35658
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-66.html
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-26.html
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-6.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31769