CVE-2008-0227

N/A Unknown
Published: January 10, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Hello packet containing a large size value, which triggers a buffer over-read in the HASHwithTransform::Update function in hash.cpp.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.mysql.com/33814
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/28324
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27140
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://bugs.mysql.com/33814
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-23.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28324
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28597
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29443
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3531
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1478
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:150
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485810/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27140
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-588-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0560/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39433
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.5%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

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