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.
Published: 2012-12-03
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 20.7% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3054-1 mysql-5.5 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2384-1 MySQL vulnerabilities
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Mariadb Mariadb
Oracle Mysql
Redhat Enterprise Linux Openstack Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:14:15.987Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5615

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-12-03T12:49:43.830

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-5615

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5615 - Bugzilla

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