CVE - CVE-2012-5615

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-5615	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:20121201 MySQL Remote Preauth User Enumeration Zeroday URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/9 MISC:53372 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/53372 MISC:GLSA-201308-06 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml MISC:MDVSA-2013:102 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:SUSE-SU-2013:0262 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:0743 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html MISC:[oss-security] 20121202 Re: Re: [Full-disclosure] MySQL (Linux) Stack based buffer overrun PoC Zeroday URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3 MISC:[oss-security] 20121202 Re: Re: [Full-disclosure] MySQL (Linux) Stack based buffer overrun PoC Zeroday URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4 MISC:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html URL:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html MISC:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html URL:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html MISC:https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3909 URL:https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3909
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20121024	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20121024)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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