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title: "CVE-2008-0227\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-0227

Publication date 10 January 2008

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

yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products,
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Hello
packet containing a large size value, which triggers a buffer over-read in
the HASHwithTransform::Update function in hash.cpp.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0227?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mysql-dfsg-4.1 | 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| mysql-dfsg-5.0 | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.3 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 5.0.38-0ubuntu1.4 |
| 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0227?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

dapper not affected (yassl not compiled)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| mysql-dfsg-5.0 | * Vendor:   <http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1478> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0227)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0227)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-0227)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0227)

### 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-2008-0227>