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title: "CVE-2007-6304\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-6304

Publication date 10 December 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

The federated engine in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.51a, 5.1.x before 5.1.23,
and 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when performing a certain SHOW TABLE STATUS query,
allows remote MySQL servers to cause a denial of service (federated handler
crash and daemon crash) via a response that lacks the minimum required
number of columns.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mysql-dfsg-5.0 | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 5.0.38-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 5.0.24a-9ubuntu2.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.6 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6304)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6304)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-6304)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6304)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-559-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-559-1)
+ MySQL vulnerabilities
+ 21 December 2007

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6304>