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CVE-2012-5612

Publication date 3 December 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Heap-based buffer overflow in Oracle MySQL 5.5.19 and other versions through 5.5.28, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using certain variations of the (1) USE, (2) SHOW TABLES, (3) DESCRIBE, (4) SHOW FIELDS FROM, (5) SHOW COLUMNS FROM, (6) SHOW INDEX FROM, (7) CREATE TABLE, (8) DROP TABLE, (9) ALTER TABLE, (10) DELETE FROM, (11) UPDATE, and (12) SET PASSWORD commands.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mysql-5.5 12.10 quantal
Fixed 5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release