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CVE-2013-1861

5.0 · MEDIUM

MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.30, 5.3.x before 5.3.13, 5.2.x before 5.2.15, and 5.1.x before 5.1.68, and Oracle MySQL 5.1.69 and earlier, 5.5.31 and earlier, and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote attacke…

Published Mar 28, 2013mariadbCWE-119EPSS 18.68%

Overview

CVE-2013-1861 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting mariadb mariadb. It was published on March 28, 2013 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.30, 5.3.x before 5.3.13, 5.2.x before 5.2.15, and 5.1.x before 5.1.68, and Oracle MySQL 5.1.69 and earlier, 5.5.31 and earlier, and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted geometry feature that specifies a large number of points, which is not properly handled when processing the binary representation of this feature, related to a numeric calculation error.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from mariadb. Update mariadb to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
mariadbmariadb>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.32Affected
oraclemysql5.1.0Affected

References

Reflists.askmonty.org/pipermail/commits/2013-March/004371.htmlReflists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00022.htmlReflists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-10/msg00001.htmlReflists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00024.htmlReflists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00008.htmlRefseclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/671Refsecunia.com/advisories/52639Refsecunia.com/advisories/54300Refsecurity.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-04.xmlRefwww.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2818

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1861?

CVE-2013-1861 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting mariadb mariadb. It was published on March 28, 2013 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2013-1861?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2013-1861?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from mariadb. Update mariadb to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2013-1861?

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