CVE-2012-5611

Public Exploit

Description

Stack-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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 46.53% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5528a-release-notes/ third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00001.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23075 exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00020.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00013.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.html third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3 third party advisory mailing list
https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5166-release-notes/ third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0180.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/4 third party advisory mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4 third party advisory mailing list
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1551.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2581 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51443 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00010.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5311-release-notes/ third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16395 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1658-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5213-release-notes/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5611?
CVE-2012-5611 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-5611?
To fix CVE-2012-5611, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-5611 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-5611 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~47% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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