MySQL: logging bypass [LWN.net]

Package(s):

mysql

CVE #(s):

CVE-2006-0903

Created:

April 4, 2006

Updated:

May 21, 2008

Description:

MySQL 5.0.18 and earlier allows local users to bypass logging mechanisms via SQL queries that contain the NULL character, which are not properly handled by the mysql_real_query function. NOTE: this issue was originally reported for the mysql_query function, but the vendor states that since mysql_query expects a null character, this is not an issue for mysql_query.

Alerts:

Red Hat	RHSA-2008:0364-01	2008-05-21
Ubuntu	USN-274-2	2006-05-15
Ubuntu	USN-274-1	2006-04-27
Mandriva	MDKSA-2006:064	2006-04-03

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MySQL: logging bypass

Posted Apr 6, 2006 1:58 UTC (Thu) by chip (subscriber, #8258) [Link]

There's no such thing as a "NULL" character. The character with code zero is named "NUL" (one L).

null character

Posted May 4, 2006 14:40 UTC (Thu) by robbe (guest, #16131) [Link]

No, the character is called "NULL", the three letter abbreviation is "NUL". See ECMA-048 or a similar standard.