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CVE-2004-0836 Details

Description

Buffer overflow in the mysql_real_connect function in MySQL 4.x before 4.0.21, and 3.x before 3.23.49, allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DNS response with a large address length (h_length).

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4017	CVE	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000892	CVE	Broken Link
http://lists.mysql.com/internals/14726	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/12305/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17047	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-562	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-22.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-597.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-611.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10981	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0054/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4017	[email protected]	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000892	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://lists.mysql.com/internals/14726	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/12305/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17047	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-562	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-22.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-597.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-611.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10981	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0054/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
oracle mysql	>= 3.20, < 3.23.49 >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.21
CPE cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	3.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 17, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 7, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Sep 26, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]