Description
SQL injection vulnerability in mod_auth_mysql.c in the mod-auth-mysql (aka libapache2-mod-auth-mysql) module for the Apache HTTP Server 2.x, when configured to use a multibyte character set that allows a \ (backslash) as part of the character encoding, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified inputs in a login request.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | mod_auth_mysql | 1:3.0.0-11.el6_0.1 | RHSA-2010:1002 |
| RHEL 5 | mod_auth_mysql | 1:3.0.0-3.2.el5_3 | RHSA-2009:0259 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2010:1002 Red Hat Security Advisory: mod_auth_mysql security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2009:0259 Red Hat Security Advisory: mod_auth_mysql security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
References
- [oss-security] 20090121 mod-auth-mysql: SQL injection mailing-list
- RHSA-2009:0259 vendor-advisory
- modauthmysql-multibyte-sql-injection(48163) vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2011-0100 vendor-advisory
- http://klecker.debian.org/~white/mod-auth-mysql/CVE-2008-2384_mod-auth-mysql.patch
- ADV-2011-0367 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2011-0114 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=480238
- 33627 third-party-advisory
- 43302 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2010:1002 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2009-0226 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10172 vdb-entry signature
- 33392 vdb-entry