MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-1849

Mysql vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The my_net_skip_rest function in sql/net_serv.cc in MySQL 5.0 through 5.0.91 and 5.1 before 5.1.47 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) by sending a large number of packets that exceed the maximum length.
Affected vendor
Mysql
Affected product
Mysql
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2010-06-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Mysql Mysql is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-1849.
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