CVE-2004-0836
N/A
Published: October 16, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxMySQL Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
Description
Buffer overflow in the mysql_real_connect function in MySQL 4.x before 4.0.21, and 3.x before 3.23.49, allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DNS response with a large address length (h_length).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
3.20 ≤ v < 3.23.494.0.0 ≤ v < 4.0.21
Affected range stops below 3.23.49, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.0.21, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4017Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000892Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110140517515735&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/12305/Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcex_refsource_CIACBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-562Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-22.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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