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CVE-2008-3963

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string li…

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Impact

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MysqlMysql
Versions 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5
OracleMysql
Versions 5.0.0, 5.0.6, 5.0.23, 5.0.25, 5.0.26, 5.0.30

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