CVE-2008-0227

Publication date 10 January 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Description

yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Hello packet containing a large size value, which triggers a buffer over-read in the HASHwithTransform::Update function in hash.cpp.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mysql-dfsg-4.1 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
mysql-dfsg-5.0 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.3
7.04 feisty
Fixed 5.0.38-0ubuntu1.4
6.10 edgy
Fixed 5.0.24a-9ubuntu2.4
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.8

Notes

jdstrand

dapper not affected (yassl not compiled)

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
mysql-dfsg-5.0

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-588-1
    • MySQL vulnerabilities
    • 19 March 2008

Other references