CVE-2012-5615

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

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/9

http://secunia.com/advisories/53372

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2