CVE-2012-5627
Oracle MySQL and MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.29, 5.3.x before 5.3.12, and 5.2.x before 5.2.14 does not modify the salt during multiple executions of the change_user command within the same connection which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Oracle MySQL and MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.29, 5.3.x before 5.3.12, and 5.2.x before 5.2.14 does not modify the salt during multiple executions of the change_user command within the same connection which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to conduct brute force password guessing attacks.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 11.41% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Affected
- oracle/mysql · mariadb/mariadb
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/58Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/83Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/424Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883719Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3915Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/58Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/83Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/424Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883719Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3915Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.