[security-alerts] FW: [SA20365] MySQL Multibyte Encoding SQL Injection Vulnerability

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> TITLE:
> MySQL Multibyte Encoding SQL Injection Vulnerability
> 
> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA20365
> 
> VERIFY ADVISORY:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/20365/
> 
> CRITICAL:
> Moderately critical
> 
> IMPACT:
> Manipulation of data
> 
> WHERE:
> From remote
> 
> SOFTWARE:
> MySQL 5.x
> http://secunia.com/product/8355/
> MySQL 4.x
> http://secunia.com/product/404/
> 
> DESCRIPTION:
> A vulnerability has been reported in MySQL, which potentially can be
> exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
> 
> The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the server when
> parsing a query string that is escaped with the
> "mysql_real_escape_string()" function. This can potentially be
> exploited in an environment that uses multi-byte character encoding
> to bypass SQL injection escaping.
> 
> The vulnerability is related to:
> SA20231
> 
> The vulnerability has been reported in version 4.1.19 and 5.0.21.
> Prior versions may also be affected.
> 
> SOLUTION:
> Update to the fixed versions.
> 
> MySQL 4.1.x:
> Update to version 4.1.20.
> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html
> 
> MySQL 5.0.x:
> Update to version 5.0.22.
> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html
> 
> MySQL 5.1.x:
> The vulnerability will be fixed in version 5.1.11.
> 
> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> The vendor credits Josh Berkus and Tom Lane.
> 
> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> MySQL:
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-20.html
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector/j/en/news-5-0-22.html
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-11.html
> http://lists.mysql.com/announce/364
> http://lists.mysql.com/announce/365
> http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=8378
> 
> OTHER REFERENCES:
> SA20231:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/20231/
>