OSSEC / HIDS Rule 50180

OSSEC / HIDS rule catalog

• Rule family: OSSEC / HIDS
• Rule ID: 50180
• Definition status: Present in current source
• Alert message / subject: MySQL: Multiple errors.
• Rule level: 10
• Definition checked: 2026-10-21
• Configured frequency: 6
• Timeframe (seconds): 120
• Ignore interval (seconds): 60

Correlation values are configuration attributes; event-count behavior depends on the manager version and parent rules.

Interpretation and response

This event is recorded as “MySQL: Multiple errors.” Review the originating log and the affected host or service to determine whether the activity was expected.

An OSSEC/HIDS event records or correlates activity. Blocking depends on the originating application and any separately configured Active Response policy; an alert alone does not prove that an attack was blocked.

Documentation

The following guidance was migrated from the historical wiki and reviewed against the rule definition. Legacy ASL product names and interface instructions refer to the versions documented then. Use the current metadata above and your installed configuration when interpreting thresholds, notification settings and response behavior.

Rule ID

50180

Status

The wiki marked this rule Active at the source revision. Current definition status is shown above.

Description

= ASL does not cause these events. = This rule simply reports from your database server has experienced multiple errors. ASL does not cause this event, and disabling this rule will not fix the error with your database. Please review your databases log files and contact your database vendor for assistant.

False Positives

None.

Tuning Recommendations

None.

Source and revision

Migrated from HIDS_50180, wiki page 683, revision 5816 (20170207). Documentation review: 2026-10-21. An archived wiki status of Active is not a current deployment status.

For assistance, provide the rule ID, installed product and rule version, and a sanitized event to Atomicorp support .