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Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/9","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/53372","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3909","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/9","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/53372","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3909","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5615","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}