Rule Category

SERVER-MYSQL -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in MySQL servers.

Alert Message

SERVER-MYSQL MySQL/MariaDB Server geometry query multipolygon object integer overflow attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an integer overflow attempt is detected in MySQL/MariaDB Server. Impact: Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain Details: Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

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Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

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CVE

Rule Vulnerability

CVE Additional Information

CVE-2013-1861
MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.30, 5.3.x before 5.3.13, 5.2.x before 5.2.15, and 5.1.x before 5.1.68, and Oracle MySQL 5.1.69 and earlier, 5.5.31 and earlier, and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted geometry feature that specifies a large number of points, which is not properly handled when processing the binary representation of this feature, related to a numeric calculation error.
Details
SeverityMEDIUM Base Score5.0
Impact Score2.9 Exploit Score10.0
Confidentiality ImpactNONE Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability ImpactPARTIAL Access Vector
AuthenticationNONE Ease of Access