CVE-2004-0956 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the MySQL database by sending a malformed MATCH AGAINST query, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0956?
CVE-2004-0956 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Mysql, published on 5 Dec 2004. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
MySQL before 4.0.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a MATCH AGAINST query with an opening double quote but no closing double quote.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0956?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Oracle Mysql, Suse Suse Linux, Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0956?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0956 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-0956 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0956 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Mysql
Sources
Also known as GHSA-98qh-53vc-8522.