Rule

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Sid
15952

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in MySQL.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10, allows remote authenticated users with INSERT and DELETE privileges to execute arbitrary code by using CREATE FUNCTION to access libc calls, as demonstrated by using strcat, on_exit, and exit.

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Affected Systems:
MySQL 3.23.49
MySQL 4.0.0
MySQL 4.0.1
MySQL 4.0.10
MySQL 4.0.11
MySQL 4.0.12
MySQL 4.0.13
MySQL 4.0.14
MySQL 4.0.15
MySQL 4.0.18
MySQL 4.0.2
MySQL 4.0.20
MySQL 4.0.21
MySQL 4.0.23
MySQL 4.0.3
MySQL 4.0.4
MySQL 4.0.5
MySQL 4.0.5a
MySQL 4.0.6
MySQL 4.0.7
MySQL 4.0.8
MySQL 4.0.9
MySQL 4.1.0
MySQL 4.1.0.0
MySQL 4.1.10
MySQL 4.1.2
MySQL 4.1.3
MySQL 4.1.4
MySQL 4.1.5

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Difficult.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2005-0709:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2005-0709
  
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