CVE-2007-2583

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2007-03-29
Bugzilla:
240813: CVE-2007-2583 mysql: DoS via statement with crafted IF clause

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The in_decimal::set function in item_cmpfunc.cc in MySQL before 5.0.40, and 5.1 before 5.1.18-beta, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted IF clause that results in a divide-by-zero error and a NULL pointer dereference.

Find out more about CVE-2007-2583 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect mysql packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4.

Issue was addressed in mysql packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (mysql) RHSA-2008:0364 2008-05-20

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