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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-3469 Detail

Current Description

Format string vulnerability in time.cc in MySQL Server 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 1 April 2006 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a format string instead of a date as the first parameter to the date_format function, which is later used in a formatted print call to display the error message.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/25/2008)

This issue was addressed in mysql packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html This issue did not affect mysql packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 5, and Red Hat Application Stack v1 and v2.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375694 CVE, MITRE
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=20729 CVE, MITRE
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-21.html CVE, MITRE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21147 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21366 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31226 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-09.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1112 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19032 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-321-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9827 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-3469
NVD Published Date:
07/21/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE