Information Exposure The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libmysqlclient  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBMYSQLCLIENT-10076815
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed3 Dec 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-5615  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. 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.