CVE-2010-3681 EXPLOIT
4.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Oracle MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.49 and 5.5 before 5.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld daemon crash) by using the HANDLER interface and performing "alternate reads from two indexes on a table," which triggers an assertion failure.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 12.23% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-01-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mysql | mysql |
| oracle | mysql |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Oracle MySQL 5.1.48 - 'HANDLER' Interface Denial of Service | 2010-08-20 |
References
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=54007
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-49.html
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-5.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42875
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42936
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2143
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:155
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:222
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:012
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/28/10
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0824.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0825.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0164.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42633
- http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-3j.txt
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1017-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0105
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