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GHSA-8q78-357r-r6m7
GHSA-8q78-357r-r6m7
PUBLISHED
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 1, 2022
The check_connection function in sql_parse.cc in MySQL 4.0.x up to 4.0.26, 4.1.x up to 4.1.18, and 5.0.x up to 5.0.20 allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a username without a trailing null byte, which causes a buffer over-read.
Timeline
- May 1, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19929 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20073 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20223 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20424 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 url
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/840 url
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016017 url
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17780 url
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0028 url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 url
- http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=7 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1516 advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26236 url
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-21.html url
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 url
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0011.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20002 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20076 url
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