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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
77.21% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MYSQL-2334865
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed3 Dec 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-5612  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mysql to version 5.5.29 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Heap-based buffer overflow in Oracle MySQL 5.5.19 and other versions through 5.5.28, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using certain variations of the (1) USE, (2) SHOW TABLES, (3) DESCRIBE, (4) SHOW FIELDS FROM, (5) SHOW COLUMNS FROM, (6) SHOW INDEX FROM, (7) CREATE TABLE, (8) DROP TABLE, (9) ALTER TABLE, (10) DELETE FROM, (11) UPDATE, and (12) SET PASSWORD commands.

CVSS Scores

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