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high 7.5

CVE-2008-2384 json

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…

published 2009-01-22 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2379

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • mod_auth_mysql RHEL 6 1:3.0.0-11.el6_0.1
  • mod_auth_mysql RHEL 5 1:3.0.0-3.2.el5_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:1002RHSA-2009:0259

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-2384 updated cvss 4.3

mod_auth_mysql: character encoding SQL injection flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) mod_auth_mysql 3.0.0-3.2.el5_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) mod_auth_mysql 3.0.0-3.2.el5_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0259
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) mod_auth_mysql 3.0.0-11.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) mod_auth_mysql 3.0.0-11.el6_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:1002

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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