CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0836

10.0 HIGH Published 2004-11-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-11-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the mysql_real_connect function in MySQL 4.x before 4.0.21, and 3.x before 3.23.49, allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DNS response with a large address length (h_length).

Affected configurations

• oracle mysql (>= 3.20 < 3.23.49) • oracle mysql (>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.21) • debian debian linux 3.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References