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title: "CVE-2010-3679\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-3679

Publication date 5 November 2010

Last updated 26 May 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Oracle MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.49 allows remote authenticated users to cause a
denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) via certain arguments to the BINLOG
command, which triggers an access of uninitialized memory, as demonstrated
by valgrind.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3679?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mysql-5.1 | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| mysql-cluster-7.0 | 11.10 oneiric | Ignored |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| mysql-dfsg-5.0 | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| mysql-dfsg-5.1 | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.7 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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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-2010-3679?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

mysql-cluster-7.0 not supported per server team

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

code doesn't seem present in 5.0.x

### 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-5.1 | * Upstream:   <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-5.1/revision/3436> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3679)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3679)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-3679)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3679)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1017-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1017-1)
+ MySQL vulnerabilities
+ 11 November 2010

+ [USN-1397-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1397-1)
+ MySQL vulnerabilities
+ 12 March 2012

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3679>