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>> MySQL "convert_search_mode_to_innobase()" Denial of Service Issue
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Title : MySQL "convert_search_mode_to_innobase()" Denial of Service Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3903
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5925
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-11-19
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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 an assertion error in the "convert_search_mode_to_innobase()" [ha_innodb.cc] function when handling certain CONTAINS operations, which could be exploited by malicious users with ALTER privileges to crash an affected database via a specially crafted request.
Affected Products
MySQL version 5.1.17 and prior
MySQL version 5.0.44 and prior
MySQL version 4.1.20 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3903
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32125
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Artem Russakovskii.
ChangeLog
2007-11-19 : Initial release
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