CVE-2004-0836 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2004-0836?

CVE-2004-0836 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 Oct 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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).

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0836?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Oracle Mysql.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0836?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2004-0836 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0836 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6f26-27c8-j6cv.