CVE-2012-5612
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Oracle MySQL 5.5.19 and other versions through 5.5.28, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using certain variations of the (1) USE, (2) SHOW TABLES, (3) DESCRIBE, (4) SHOW FIELDS FROM, (5) SHOW COLUMNS FROM, (6) SHOW INDEX FROM, (7) CREATE TABLE, (8) DROP TABLE, (9) ALTER TABLE, (10) DELETE FROM, (11) UPDATE, and (12) SET PASSWORD commands.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 11.10 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mariadb | mariadb | {"startIncluding":"5.1.0","endExcluding":"5.1.67"} | 5.1.67 |
| mariadb | mariadb | 10.0.0 | |
| oracle | mysql | {"startIncluding":"5.5.0","endIncluding":"5.5.28"} | |
| mariadb | mariadb | {"startIncluding":"5.2.0","endExcluding":"5.2.14"} | 5.2.14 |
| mariadb | mariadb | {"startIncluding":"5.3.0","endExcluding":"5.3.12"} | 5.3.12 |
| mariadb | mariadb | {"startIncluding":"5.5.0","endExcluding":"5.5.29"} | 5.5.29 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
- 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/cpujan2013-1515902.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1
- https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3908
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16960
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
- 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/cpujan2013-1515902.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1
- https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3908
CWEs
CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.