CVE-2006-3469 EXPLOIT
4.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 29% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Format string vulnerability in time.cc in MySQL Server 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 1 April 2006 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a format string instead of a date as the first parameter to the date_format function, which is later used in a formatted print call to display the error message.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 29% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-134 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-07-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mysql | mysql |
| oracle | mysql |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MySQL 4.x/5.x - Server Date_Format Denial of Service | 2006-07-18 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375694
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=20729
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-21.html
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21147
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21366
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31226
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-09.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1112
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19032
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-321-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9827
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375694
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=20729
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-21.html
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