CVE-2008-6992 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

GreenSQL Firewall (greensql-fw), possibly before 0.9.2 or 0.9.4, allows remote attackers to bypass the SQL injection protection mechanism via a WHERE clause containing an expression such as "x=y=z", which is successfully parsed by MySQL.

Published: 2009-08-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:greensql:greensql_firewall::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:greensql:greensql_firewall:0.3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:greensql:greensql_firewall:0.3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:greensql:greensql_firewall:0.8.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-6951	GreenSQL Firewall (greensql-fw), possibly before 0.9.2 or 0.9.4, allows remote attackers to bypass the SQL injection protection mechanism via a WHERE clause containing an expression such as "x=y=z", which is successfully parsed by MySQL.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00349.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=39337
http://osvdb.org/48910
http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?16%2C24367
http://www.greensql.net/node/89
http://www.greensql.net/node/98
http://www.greensql.net/security

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Greensql Greensql Firewall

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-08-18T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:40:24.301Z

Reserved: 2009-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6992

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-19T05:24:52.627

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-6992

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-89

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