CVE-2010-1849

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The my_net_skip_rest function in sql/net_serv.cc in MySQL 5.0 through 5.0.91 and 5.1 before 5.1.47 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) by sending a large number of packets that exceed the maximum length.

Affected products

Mysql: 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5 (+17)
MySQL Server: 5.0.0-alpha, 5.0.3-beta, 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 5.0.8, 5.0.9 (+56)

References

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=50974
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-91.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-47.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.mysql.com/commits/106060
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00005.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024032
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:107
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7328

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