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CVE-2013-5908

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-01-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.72 and earlier, 5.5.34 and earlier, and 5.6.14 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Error Handling.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10
• Debian Linux: 6.0, 7.0
• MariaDB: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.35; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.8 — fixed in 10.0.8, 5.5.35
• MySQL Server: from 5.1.0 through 5.1.72; from 5.5.0 through 5.5.34; from 5.6.0 through 5.6.14
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 6.5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0, 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 6.5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 6.5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.8, 5.5.35. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698
• http://osvdb.org/102078
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0164.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0173.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0186.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0189.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56491
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56541
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56580
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-04.xml
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2086-1
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2845

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