CVE-2004-0836

Public Exploit

Description

Buffer overflow in the mysql_real_connect function in MySQL 4.x before 4.0.21, and 3.x before 3.23.49, allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DNS response with a large address length (h_length).

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.12% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory mysql.com Vendor Advisory mysql.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-611.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10981 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-562 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2 third party advisory mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17047 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/12305/ third party advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000892 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-597.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml third party advisory government resource broken link
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-22.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0054/ vendor advisory
http://lists.mysql.com/internals/14726 vendor advisory
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4017 exploit vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0836?
CVE-2004-0836 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0836?
To fix CVE-2004-0836, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-0836 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2004-0836 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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