Bug 240813 (CVE-2007-2583)

Summary:	CVE-2007-2583 mysql: DoS via statement with crafted IF clause
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Issue Tracker <tao>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	byte, tgl
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OS:	Linux
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Description Issue Tracker 2007-05-21 21:33:31 UTC

Escalated to Bugzilla from IssueTracker

Comment 7 RHEL Program Management 2007-10-16 03:59:24 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 8 Tomas Hoger 2007-11-23 16:40:16 UTC

Converting to Security Response bug.

Comment 9 Tomas Hoger 2007-11-23 16:44:50 UTC

CVE description:

The in_decimal::set function in item_cmpfunc.cc in MySQL before 5.0.40, and 5.1
before 5.1.18-beta, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash) via a crafted IF clause that results in a divide-by-zero error
and a NULL pointer dereference.


Upstream bug report:

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27513

Fixed in: 5.0.40

Comment 13 Red Hat Product Security 2008-07-25 08:13:46 UTC

This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html