CVE-2013-1861
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Description
The CVE Program describes this issue as:
MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.30, 5.3.x before 5.3.13, 5.2.x before 5.2.15, and 5.1.x before 5.1.68, and Oracle MySQL 5.1.69 and earlier, 5.5.31 and earlier, and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted geometry feature that specifies a large number of points, which is not properly handled when processing the binary representation of this feature, related to a numeric calculation error.
Statement
This issue was addressed in the package mysql55-mysql as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via RHEA-2013:1330. This issue was addressed in the package mysql as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via RHBA-2013:1647.
Additional information
- Bugzilla 919247: mysql: geometry query crashes mysqld (CPU July 2013)
- FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2013-1861
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
Important note
CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
| Red Hat | NVD | |
|---|---|---|
CVSS v2 Base Score | 4 | 5 |
Attack Vector | Network | Network |
Access Complexity | Low | Low |
Authentication | Single | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None | None |
Integrity Impact | None | None |
Availability Impact | Partial | Partial |
CVSS v2 Vector
Red Hat: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Alyssa Milburn for reporting this issue.
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