[debian-mysql] Bug#477072: mysql-server-5.0: Arbitrary data input plus GIS functions, causes mysql server crash

[Norbert Tretkowski]

Am Montag, den 18.08.2008, 09:22 -0700 schrieb tabris:
> This bug has been sitting around since July w/o a resolution.
> 
>     I tracked it down to a difference between i386 builds and AMD64. The
> crash only occurs on AMD64. I think this is an important bug to be fixed
> as it results in a minor reproducible DoS/data-loss (of temporary tables
> and heap tables).
> 
>     At this point I am unclear on what to do about it, especially as I
> contacted the maintainer directly 3 weeks ago and still have yet to
> receive a response.

I am still unable to reproduce this crash, even on amd64. I get a bunch
of syntax errors when sourcing country.sql, but no crash when sourcing
mysql-crash.sql.

	Norbert