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HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2004-0836
MySQL DNS Address Length Overflow Denial of Service and Execution of Arbitrary Code
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).

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 3, 2004, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2004-0836 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Oracle mysql
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in MySQL, which can be remediated by upgrading and updating the affected packages.
  • Upgrade MySQL to version 4.0.21 or later.
  • Update the affected packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2004-0836.

URL Resource
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4017 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000892 Broken Link
http://lists.mysql.com/internals/14726 Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/12305/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-562 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-22.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-597.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-611.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10981 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0054/ Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17047 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4017 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000892 Broken Link
http://lists.mysql.com/internals/14726 Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/12305/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-562 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-22.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-597.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-611.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10981 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0054/ Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17047 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2004-0836 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2004-0836 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2004-0836 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2004-0836 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4017
    Added Reference http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000892
    Added Reference http://lists.mysql.com/internals/14726
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/12305/
    Added Reference http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-562
    Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-22.xml
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-597.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-611.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10981
    Added Reference http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0054/
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17047
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 from (excluding) 4.0.21 OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 from (excluding) 4.0.21
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.20 from (excluding) 3.23.49 OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.20 from (excluding) 3.23.49
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 26, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-562 Patch http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-562 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17047 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17047 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000892 No Types Assigned http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000892 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml No Types Assigned http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-22.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-22.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10981 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10981 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.mysql.com/internals/14726 No Types Assigned http://lists.mysql.com/internals/14726 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4017 No Types Assigned http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4017 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/12305/ Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/12305/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.23.49 *cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.0.21 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.20 up to (excluding) 3.23.49 *cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (excluding) 4.0.21
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17047 [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17047 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2004

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 10
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.73 }} -1.40%

score

0.85315

percentile