CVE-2012-5627

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5627
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-01 17:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOracle MySQL and MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.29, 5.3.x before 5.3.12, and 5.2.x before 5.2.14 does not modify the salt during multiple executions of the change_user command within the same connection which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to conduct brute force password guessing attacks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-522 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mariadb Mariadb All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql All 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 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Full Disclosure: Re: MySQL Local/Remote FAST Account Password Cracking af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: Re: CVE request: Mysql/Mariadb insecure salt-usage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: MySQL Local/Remote FAST Account Password Cracking af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:102 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Bug 883719 – CVE-2012-5627 mysql: efficient password guessing attack using change_user() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
[#MDEV-3915] COM_CHANGE_USER allows fast password brute-forcing - JIRA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mariadb.atlassian.net Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900276 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for mysql 8.0.24
  • 900307 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for mysql 8.0.26
  • 901561 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for mysql (6692-1)
  • 903310 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for mysql (2669)
  • 906168 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for mysql (2669-1)
  • 906449 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for mysql (6692-2)

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