CVE-2012-5615

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure

Publication date:

03/12/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.66:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.13:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.3.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.5.28a:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.19:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.66:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.13:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.3.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.5.28a:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.19:::::::*

CVE-2012-5615

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools