CVE-2008-0226

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 91.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the ProcessOldClientHello function in handshake.cpp or (2) "input_buffer& operator>>" in yassl_imp.cpp.

Affected products

macOS: 10.5.4
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, 7.10
Debian Linux: 5.0
Mysql: 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5 (+14)
MySQL Server: 5.0.23, 5.0.25, 5.0.26, 5.0.28, 5.0.30-sp1, 5.0.32 (+42)
Yassl: through 1.7.5

References

http://bugs.mysql.com/33814
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-23.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28324
http://secunia.com/advisories/28419
http://secunia.com/advisories/28597
http://secunia.com/advisories/29443
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3531
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1478
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:150

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