Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the CertDecoder::GetName function in src/asn.cpp in TaoCrypt in yaSSL before 1.9.9, as used in mysqld in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.90, MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.43, MySQL 5.5.x through 5.5.0-m2, and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) by establishing an SSL connection and sending an X.509 client certificate with a crafted name field, as demonstrated by mysql_overflow1.py and the vd_mysql5 module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.11. NOTE: this was originally reported for MySQL 5.0.51a.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1997-1 New mysql-dfsg-5.0 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-897-1 MySQL vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1397-1 MySQL vulnerabilities
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dailydave/2010-q1/0002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-5.0/revision/2837.1.1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=50227 cve-icon cve-icon
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-90.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-43.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/mysq-yassl-stack-overflow.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://intevydis.com/mysql_demo.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://intevydis.com/mysql_overflow1.py.txt cve-icon cve-icon
http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml cve-icon cve-icon
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7900 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006020.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.mysql.com/commits/96697 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37493 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38344 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38364 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38517 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38573 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023402 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023513 cve-icon cve-icon
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1997 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=106 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=57 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/linux/mysql/mysql_yassl_getname cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.osvdb.org/61956 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37640 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37943 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37974 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0233 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0236 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.yassl.com/news.html#yassl199 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.yassl.com/release.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://yassl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/yassl/yassl/taocrypt/src/asn.cpp?r1=1.13&r2=1.14 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555313 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55416 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4484 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:01:20.829Z

Reserved: 2009-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4484

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-12-30T21:30:00.547

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-4484

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2010-01-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-4484 - Bugzilla

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