CVE-2006-3486 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2006-3486

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the Instance_options::complete_initialization function in instance_options.cc in...

Vulnerability Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the Instance_options::complete_initialization function in instance_options.cc in the Instance Manager in MySQL before 5.0.23 and 5.1 before 5.1.12 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, which triggers the overflow when the convert_dirname function is called. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue via e-mail to CVE, saying that it is only exploitable when the user has access to the configuration file or the Instance Manager daemon. Due to intended functionality, this level of access would already allow the user to disrupt program operation, so this does not cross security boundaries and is not a vulnerability

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mysql
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0.0, 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, 5.0.20, 5.1.5, 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, 5.0.19, 5.0.21, 5.0.22, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.6, 5.1.7, 5.1.8, 5.1.9, 5.1.10, 5.1.11

Timeline

Official Publish: July 10th, 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.