CVE-2012-5615: Infoleak
First published: Mon Dec 03 2012(Updated: )
Oracle MySQL 5.5.38 and earlier, 5.6.19 and earlier, and MariaDB 5.5.28a, 5.3.11, 5.2.13, 5.1.66, and possibly other versions, generates different error messages with different time delays depending on whether a user name exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mariadb Mariadb | =5.1.66 | |
| Mariadb Mariadb | =5.2.13 | |
| Mariadb Mariadb | =5.3.11 | |
| Mariadb Mariadb | =5.5.28a | |
| Oracle MySQL | =5.5.19 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/9
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
- https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3909
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/mariadb
- canonical/mariadb mariadb
- version/mariadb mariadb/5.1.66
- version/mariadb mariadb/5.2.13
- version/mariadb mariadb/5.3.11
- version/mariadb mariadb/5.5.28a
- vendor/oracle
- canonical/oracle mysql
- version/oracle mysql/5.5.19