CVE-2012-5615
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
MySQL 5.1/5.5 (Windows) - 'MySQLJackpot' Remote Command Execution
References
- 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
- 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
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.