A flaw in MySQL versions prior to 5.1.51 [1] was reported [2] that could allow an authenticated user to kill connections to MySQL. During evaluation of arguments to extreme-value functions (such as LEAST() and GREATEST()), type errors did not propagate properly, causing the server to crash, and any other connections to the server to be terminated. [1] http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-51.html [2] http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=55826
This issue has been assigned the name CVE-2010-3833: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/3627
Created attachment 453399 [details] upstream patch
This issue did NOT affect the versions of the mysql package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. This issue affects the version of mysql package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. -- This issue affects the version of mysql package, as shipped with Fedora 12 and 13.
Created mysql tracking bugs for this issue Affects: fedora-12 [bug 645647]
Created mysql tracking bugs for this issue Affects: fedora-13 [bug 645651]
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Via RHSA-2010:0825 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0825.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2011:0164 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0164.html