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TITLE:
MySQL Empty Bit-String Literal Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31769

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31769/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

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

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported 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 processing an empty
bit-string literal and can be exploited to crash the server via a
specially crafted SQL statement.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 5.0.66 and 5.1.26.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.1.26 or 5.0.66 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Kay Roepke in a MySQL bug report.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=35658

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