CVE-2007-6304

Public Exploit

Description

The federated engine in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.51a, 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when performing a certain SHOW TABLE STATUS query, allows remote MySQL servers to cause a denial of service (federated handler crash and daemon crash) via a response that lacks the minimum required number of columns.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.84% Top 15%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0040
http://secunia.com/advisories/28343	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/502
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-04.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29706	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/42609	vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:028	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:017	vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2187
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1451	vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/559-1/	vendor advisory
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=29801	exploit
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-23.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4198	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28637	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26832	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019085	vdb entry
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-4.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487606/100/0/threaded	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38990	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28128	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28063	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28739	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6304?: CVE-2007-6304 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6304?: To fix CVE-2007-6304, 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-2007-6304 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-6304 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.