MySQL Vulnerable to SQL Injection Attacks

The popular open-source database server MySQL contains a vulnerability that could allow an intruder to perform SQL injection attacks.

ITPro Today

June 4, 2006

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The popular open-source database server MySQL contains a vulnerability that could allow an intruder to perform SQL injection attacks. The vulnerability is in the server's multibyte encoding processing, which incorrectly parses a string escaped with the mysql_real_escape() function. New versions of MySQL are available to address the problem at the URLs below. http://list.windowsitpro.com/t?ctl=2D2AA:50F64 http://list.windowsitpro.com/t?ctl=2D2A9:50F64

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