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title: "CVE-2006-7232\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-7232

Publication date 31 December 2006

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

sql\_select.cc in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.32 and 5.1.x before 5.1.14 allows
remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an
EXPLAIN SELECT FROM on the INFORMATION\_SCHEMA table, as originally
demonstrated using ORDER BY.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-7232?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mysql-dfsg-5.0 | 7.10 gutsy | Not affected |
| 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 5.0.24a-9ubuntu2.4 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.8 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

DoS, but escalated to medium for customer

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7232)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7232)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-7232)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-7232)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-588-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-588-1)
+ MySQL vulnerabilities
+ 19 March 2008

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-7232>