CVE-2012-5627

Oracle 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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

11.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2013-10-01

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/58

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38109

Security advisories

• https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3915
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/83
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/424
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883719
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry