CVE-2006-3486

Name	CVE-2006-3486
Description	Off-by-one buffer overflow in the Instance_options::complete_initialization function in instance_options.cc in the Instance Manager in MySQL before 5.0.23 and 5.1 before 5.1.12 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, which triggers the overflow when the convert_dirname function is called. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue via e-mail to CVE, saying that it is only exploitable when the user has access to the configuration file or the Instance Manager daemon. Due to intended functionality, this level of access would already allow the user to disrupt program operation, so this does not cross security boundaries and is not a vulnerability
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	378102

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Debian Bugs
mysql-dfsg	source	sarge	(not affected)
mysql-dfsg-4.1	source	sarge	(not affected)
mysql-dfsg-5.0	source	(unstable)	5.0.22-4	unimportant	378102

Notes

[sarge] - mysql-dfsg-4.1 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[sarge] - mysql-dfsg <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Only DoS possible, only root can trigger this -> non-issue