| Name | CVE-2012-5615 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3054-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 695001 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mariadb-5.5 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| mysql-5.1 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | 695001 | |
| mysql-5.5 | source | wheezy | 5.5.40-0+wheezy1 | DSA-3054-1 | ||
| mysql-5.5 | source | (unstable) | 5.5.39-1 | low | 695001 |
- mariadb-5.5 <not-affected> (Fixed before initial upload to archive)
[squeeze] - mysql-5.1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue, currently not fixed in MySQL, can be included once fixed in 5.1.x)
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/5.5/revision/4676
https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3909
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/9