CVE-2006-1516 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-1516

The check_connection function in sql_parse.cc in MySQL 4.0.x up to...

Vulnerability Description

The check_connection function in sql_parse.cc in MySQL 4.0.x up to 4.0.26, 4.1.x up to 4.1.18, and 5.0.x up to 5.0.20 allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a username without a trailing null byte, which causes a buffer over-read.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mysql
Vulnerable Versions:
4.1.0, 4.1.3, 4.1.8, 4.1.10, 4.1.12, 4.1.13, 4.1.14, 4.1.15, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.10, 5.0.15, 5.0.16, 5.0.17, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.5a, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8, 4.0.9, 4.0.10, 4.0.11, 4.0.12, 4.0.13, 4.0.14, 4.0.15, 4.0.16, 4.0.17, 4.0.18, 4.0.19, 4.0.20, 4.0.21, 4.0.23, 4.0.24, 4.0.25, 4.0.26, 4.1.2, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.9, 4.1.11, 4.1.16, 4.1.17, 4.1.18, 5.0.0, 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 5.0.8, 5.0.9, 5.0.11, 5.0.12, 5.0.13, 5.0.14, 5.0.18

Timeline

Official Publish: May 5th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.