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MariaDB Denial Of Service Vulnerability - Linux

🗓️ 07 Jun 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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MariaDB denial of service vulnerability, Linux, version 5.1.68, 5.2.15, 5.3.13, 5.5.30 or earlie

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mariadb:mariadb";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.808153");
  script_version("2025-09-09T05:38:49+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1861");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-09 05:38:49 +0000 (Tue, 09 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-06-07 19:15:05 +0530 (Tue, 07 Jun 2016)");
  script_name("MariaDB Denial Of Service Vulnerability - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Databases");
  script_dependencies("gb_mysql_mariadb_remote_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mariadb/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/52639");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58511");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-4252");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.askmonty.org/pipermail/commits/2013-March/004371.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MariaDB is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to MariaDB 5.1.68, 5.2.15,
  5.3.13, 5.5.30 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Numeric calculation error occurs due to
  an improper handling of geometry feature while converting a binary string
  representation of a raw geometry object to a textual representation.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MariaDB version 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 on Linux");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attacker to crash the program via a crafted geometry feature that specifies a
  large number of points.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if(!mariadbPort = get_app_port(cpe:CPE)){
  exit(0);
}

mariadbVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE, port:mariadbPort);
if(!mariadbVer || mariadbVer !~ "^5\.[1235]\."){
  exit(0);
}

if(version_in_range(version:mariadbVer, test_version:"5.1", test_version2:"5.1.67") ||
   version_in_range(version:mariadbVer, test_version:"5.2", test_version2:"5.2.14") ||
   version_in_range(version:mariadbVer, test_version:"5.3", test_version2:"5.3.12") ||
   version_in_range(version:mariadbVer, test_version:"5.5", test_version2:"5.5.29"))
{
  fix = "5.1.68, or 5.2.15, or 5.3.13, or 5.5.30";
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:mariadbVer, fixed_version:fix);
  security_message(port:mariadbPort, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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09 Sep 2025 00:00Current
4.5Medium risk
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CVSS 25
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