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title: "CVE-2014-0001\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-0001

Publication date 31 January 2014

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

Buffer overflow in client/mysql.cc in Oracle MySQL and MariaDB before
5.5.35 allows remote database servers to cause a denial of service (crash)
and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long server version string.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0001?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mysql-5.5 | 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| mysql-5.6 | 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 5.6.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| mysql-dfsg-5.1 | 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life, was deferred |

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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-2014-0001?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

Looks like this was fixed in 5.5.37

### 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-5.5 | * Vendor:   <http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-mysql/mysql-5.5.git;a=commit;h=0ad3ca2b57feaf65b199c8bfb9a8dcd51a0bdb9f> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0001)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0001)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0001)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0001)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2170-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2170-1)
+ MySQL vulnerabilities
+ 23 April 2014

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1054592>
* <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~maria-captains/maria/5.5/revision/2502.565.64>
* <https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-5535-changelog/>
* <http://osvdb.org/102713>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0001>