Check Point Advisories

Oracle MySQL Database COM_FIELD_LIST Buffer Overflow (CVE-2010-1850)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2010-386
Date Published: 20 Sep 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 10 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2010-1850
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description MySQL is a popular open-source implementation of a relational database that supports the Structured Query Language (SQL) for querying and updating stored data. A security bypass vulnerability exists in MySQL database server. The vulnerability is due to an error while parsing a table name argument of a COM_FIELD_LIST command packet. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability via a malicious COM_FIELD_LIST command packet. Successful exploitation of this issue will result in arbitrary code injection and execution within the security context of the service.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Oracle MySQL Database COM_FIELD_LIST Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  MySQL Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Oracle MySQL database COM_FIELD_LIST buffer overflow

×
  Feedback
This website uses cookies for its functionality and for analytics and marketing purposes. By continuing to use this website, you agree to the use of cookies. For more information, please read our Cookies Notice.
OK