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CVE-2004-0836

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0010%

EPSS Percentile25.91th

PublishedNov 3, 2004

Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the mysql_real_connect function in MySQL 4.x before 4.0.21, and 3.x before 3.23.49, allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DNS response with a large address length (h_length).

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Oracle

Mysql

>= 3.20 and < 3.23.49

📦

Oracle

Mysql

>= 4.0.0 and < 4.0.21

💻

Debian

Debian Linux

= 3.0

References & Advisories

🔗 http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4017

🔗 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000892

🔗 http://lists.mysql.com/internals/14726

🔗 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/12305/

🔗 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml

🔗 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-562

🔗 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-22.xml

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