CVE-2008-0227

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0227
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-10 23:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionyaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Hello packet containing a large size value, which triggers a buffer over-read in the HASHwithTransform::Update function in hash.cpp.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Yassl Yassl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
MySQL Bugs: #33814: Pre-auth buffer-overflow in mySQL through yaSSL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.mysql.com
yaSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1478-1 mysql-dfsg-5.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Ubuntu update for mysql-dfsg-5.0 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
yaSSL Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian update for mysql-dfsg-5.0 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About Security Update 2008-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Multiple vulnerabilities in yaSSL 1.7.5 - SecurityReason.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 Security Update 2008-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-588-1: MySQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
MySQL :: MySQL 5.1 Reference Manual :: C.1.9 Changes in MySQL 5.1.23 (29 January 2008) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.mysql.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-01-11Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of MySQL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5, Red Hat Application Stack v1, and v2, as they are not built with yaSSL support.

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