Input validation error in mysql - CVE-2010-3838

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Input validation error in mysql - CVE-2010-3838

Published: January 14, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45449
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3838
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
mysql

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform service disruption.

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.92, 5.1 before 5.1.51, and 5.5 before 5.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a query that uses the (1) GREATEST or (2) LEAST function with a mixed list of numeric and LONGBLOB arguments, which is not properly handled when the function's result is "processed using an intermediate temporary table."


How to mitigate CVE-2010-3838

Install update from vendor's website.

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