Escalated to Bugzilla from IssueTracker
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Converting to Security Response bug.
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
This issue was addressed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html