| Name | CVE-2009-4484 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1997-1 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cyassl | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| mysql-5.1 | source | (unstable) | 5.1.41-4 | medium | ||
| mysql-dfsg-5.0 | source | etch | 5.0.32-7etch12 | DSA-1997-1 | ||
| mysql-dfsg-5.0 | source | lenny | 5.0.51a-24+lenny3 | DSA-1997-1 | ||
| mysql-dfsg-5.0 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | medium |
- cyassl <not-affected> (Fixed before initial upload to archive)
http://web.archive.org/web/20100129040903/http://intevydis.blogspot.com:80/2010/01/mysq-yassl-stack-overflow.html
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-5.0/revision/2837.1.1