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TITLE:
MySQL IF Query Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25188

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25188/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
MySQL 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/8355/

DESCRIPTION:
Neil Kettle has reported a vulnerability in MySQL, which can be
exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling specially
crafted IF queries, which can be exploited to crash the server.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 5.0.40.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.0.40.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Neil Kettle

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27513

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