CVE-2008-0227

Publication date 10 January 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Hello packet containing a large size value, which triggers a buffer over-read in the HASHwithTransform::Update function in hash.cpp.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mysql-dfsg-4.1	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	7.10 gutsy	Not in release
	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Ignored
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored
mysql-dfsg-5.0	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.3
	7.04 feisty	Fixed 5.0.38-0ubuntu1.4
	6.10 edgy	Fixed 5.0.24a-9ubuntu2.4
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.8

Notes

jdstrand

dapper not affected (yassl not compiled)

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
mysql-dfsg-5.0	Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1478

CVE-2008-0227

Status

Notes

jdstrand

Patch details

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