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title: "CVE-2012-1690\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-1690

Publication date 3 May 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL
5.1.61 and earlier, and 5.5.21 and earlier, allows remote authenticated
users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Server
Optimizer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1703.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1690?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mysql-5.1 | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| mysql-5.5 | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| mysql-cluster-7.0 | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| mysql-dfsg-5.0 | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| mysql-dfsg-5.1 | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

mysql-cluster-7.0 not supported per Ubuntu Server team

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1690)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1690)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-1690)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1690)

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2012-366314.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1690>