Description
sql/item_xmlfunc.cc in MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.32 and 6.0 before 6.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via "an XPath expression employing a scalar expression as a FilterExpr with ExtractValue() or UpdateXML()," which triggers an assertion failure.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- MySQL 6.0.9 - XPath Expression Remote Denial of Service EDB-32838 · dos · Feb 14, 2009 · verified
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References
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-32.html
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-10.html
- mysql-xpath-dos(49050) vdb-entry
- 34115 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-0594 vdb-entry
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=42495
- 33972 vdb-entry
- 1021786 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7544 vdb-entry signature