CVE-2012-5615 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-5615

Oracle MySQL 5.5.38 and earlier, 5.6.19 and earlier, and MariaDB...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mariadb, mysql
Vulnerable Versions:
5.1.66, 5.2.13, 5.3.11, 5.5.28a, 5.5.19

Timeline

Official Publish: December 3rd, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.