Out-of-Bounds Affecting mysql package, versions [,5.1.67)[5.5.0, 5.5.29)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
89.29% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MYSQL-2334789
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed3 Dec 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-5611  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mysql to version 5.1.67, 5.5.29 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Stack-based buffer overflow in the acl_get function in Oracle MySQL 5.5.19 and other versions through 5.5.28, and 5.1.53 and other versions through 5.1.66, and MariaDB 5.5.2.x before 5.5.28a, 5.3.x before 5.3.11, 5.2.x before 5.2.13 and 5.1.x before 5.1.66, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GRANT FILE command.

CVSS Scores

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