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CVE-2009-4484

Published: 30 December 2009

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the CertDecoder::GetName function in src/asn.cpp in TaoCrypt in yaSSL before 1.9.9, as used in mysqld in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.90, MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.43, MySQL 5.5.x through 5.5.0-m2, and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) by establishing an SSL connection and sending an X.509 client certificate with a crafted name field, as demonstrated by mysql_overflow1.py and the vd_mysql5 module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.11. NOTE: this was originally reported for MySQL 5.0.51a.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
PoC: http://intevydis.com/mysql_overflow1.py.txt

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
mysql-5.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick
Released (5.1.41-3ubuntu7)
natty
Released (5.1.41-3ubuntu7)
upstream Needs triage

mysql-dfsg-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.12)
hardy
Released (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.5)
intrepid
Released (5.0.67-0ubuntu6.1)
jaunty
Released (5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.3)
karmic Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream Needed

Patches:
upstream: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-5.0/revision/2837.1.1

mysql-dfsg-5.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Ignored
(end of life)
karmic
Released (5.1.37-1ubuntu5.1)
lucid
Released (5.1.41-3ubuntu7)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

Patches:

upstream: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-5.1/revision/3311.1.3