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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-4484 Detail

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the CertDecoder::GetName function in src/asn.cpp in TaoCrypt in yaSSL before 1.9.9, as used in mysqld in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.90, MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.43, MySQL 5.5.x through 5.5.0-m2, and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) by establishing an SSL connection and sending an X.509 client certificate with a crafted name field, as demonstrated by mysql_overflow1.py and the vd_mysql5 module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.11. NOTE: this was originally reported for MySQL 5.0.51a.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/26/2010)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of mysql as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. The packages use OpenSSL and not yaSSL.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dailydave/2010-q1/0002.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-5.0/revision/2837.1.1 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=50227 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-90.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-43.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/mysq-yassl-stack-overflow.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://intevydis.com/mysql_demo.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://intevydis.com/mysql_overflow1.py.txt CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7900 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006020.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://lists.mysql.com/commits/96697 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37493 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38344 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38364 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38517 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38573 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023402 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023513 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1997 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=106 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=57 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/linux/mysql/mysql_yassl_getname CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.osvdb.org/61956 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37640 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37943 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37974 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0233 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0236 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.yassl.com/news.html#yassl199 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.yassl.com/release.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://yassl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/yassl/yassl/taocrypt/src/asn.cpp?r1=1.13&r2=1.14 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555313 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55416 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-4484
NVD Published Date:
12/30/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE