GHSA-r9xr-rjgc-3q5h
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 2, 2022
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the CertDecoder::GetName function in src/asn.cpp in TaoCrypt in yaSSL before 1.9.9, as used in mysqld in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.90, MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.43, MySQL 5.5.x through 5.5.0-m2, and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) by establishing an SSL connection and sending an X.509 client certificate with a crafted name field, as demonstrated by mysql_overflow1.py and the vd_mysql5 module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.11. NOTE: this was originally reported for MySQL 5.0.51a.
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Timeline
- May 2, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55416 url
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dailydave/2010-q1/0002.html url
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-43.html url
- http://intevydis.com/mysql_overflow1.py.txt url
- http://lists.mysql.com/commits/96697 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38517 url
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023513 url
- http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=106 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37640 url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0236 url
- http://www.yassl.com/news.html#yassl199 url
- http://www.yassl.com/release.html url
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4484 advisory
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-5.0/revision/2837.1.1 url
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-90.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37493 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38364 url
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023402 url
- http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/linux/mysql/mysql_yassl_getname url
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