CVE-2012-5615

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 (22)

• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
• secalert@redhathttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/9
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/53372
• secalert@redhathttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
• secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4
• secalert@redhathttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
• secalert@redhathttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
• secalert@redhathttps://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3909
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/9
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/53372