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>> MySQL "in_decimal::set()" Function SQL Query Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : MySQL "in_decimal::set()" Function SQL Query Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1731
CVE ID : CVE-2007-2583
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-05-09
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A vulnerability has been identified in MySQL, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by a NULL pointer dereference error in the "in_decimal::set()" [item_cmpfunc.cc] function when processing a specially crafted "IF" clause in SQL queries (e.g. SELECT), which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected database server by supplying a specially crafted SQL request.
Affected Products
MySQL versions 5.x
Solution
Upgrade to MySQL version 5.0.40 :
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1731
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27513
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Neil Kettle
ChangeLog
2007-05-09 : Initial release
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