CVE-2012-5611

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5611
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-12-03 12:49:43 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.41 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.42 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.44 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.47 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.49 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.50 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.51 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.53 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.55 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.60 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.61 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.1.62 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.0 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.1 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.10 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.11 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.12 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.2 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.3 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.4 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.5 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.6 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.7 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.8 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.2.9 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.3.0 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.3.1 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.3.10 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.3.2 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.3.3 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.3.4 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.3.5 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.3.6 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.3.7 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.3.8 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.3.9 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.5.20 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.5.21 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.5.22 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.5.23 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.5.24 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.5.25 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.5.27 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb 5.5.28 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.1.53 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql 5.5.19 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: [Full-disclosure] MySQL (Linux) Stack based buffer overrun PoC Zeroday af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0156-1: important: mariadb to 5.1.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2013 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0135-1: important: mysql-community- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA51443 - MariaDB Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0011-1: important: mariadb to 5.5.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: MySQL (Linux) Stack based buffer overrun PoC Zeroday af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: [Full-disclosure] MySQL (Linux) Stack based buffer overrun PoC Zeroday af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
MariaDB 5.2.13 Release Notes - MariaDB Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.askmonty.org Third Party Advisory
USN-1703-1: MySQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0014-1: important: mariadb to 5.2.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2581-1 mysql-5.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
MariaDB 5.1.66 Release Notes - MariaDB Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.askmonty.org Third Party Advisory
MariaDB 5.5.28a Release Notes - AskMonty KnowledgeBase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.askmonty.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0262-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-1658-1: MySQL vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:150 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0013-1: important: mysql-community- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:102 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
MySQL (Linux) Stack Based Buffer Overrun PoC Zeroday af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
MariaDB 5.3.11 Release Notes - MariaDB Knowledgebase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.askmonty.org Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1412-1: moderate: mariadb af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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