# CVE-2008-2384: SQL injection vulnerability in mod\_auth\_mysql.c in the mod-auth-mysql (aka libapache2-mod-auth-mysql) module for the Apache HTTP Server 2.x,

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-01-22 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

SQL injection vulnerability in mod_auth_mysql.c in the mod-auth-mysql (aka libapache2-mod-auth-mysql) module for the Apache HTTP Server 2.x, when configured to use a multibyte character set that allows a \ (backslash) as part of the character encoding, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified inputs in a login request.

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## References

- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/10
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0259.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48163
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053899.html
- http://klecker.debian.org/~white/mod-auth-mysql/CVE-2008-2384_mod-auth-mysql.patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0367
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053903.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=480238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33627
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43302
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-1002.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0226
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10172
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33392

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