CVE-2010-1849 Information

Description

The my_net_skip_rest function in sql/net_serv.cc in MySQL 5.0 through 5.0.91 and 5.1 before 5.1.47 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) by sending a large number of packets that exceed the maximum length.

Reference

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=50974 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-91.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-47.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html http://lists.mysql.com/commits/106060 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00005.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1024032 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:107 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A7328