Input validation error in MySQL Server - CVE-2012-3163
Published: October 17, 2012 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33923
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3163
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
MySQL Server
MySQL Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to execute arbitrary code.
Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.64 and earlier, and 5.5.26 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Information Schema. Per: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html "The CVSS Base Score is 9.0 only for Windows. For Linux, Unix and other platforms, the CVSS Base Score is 6.5, and the impacts for Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability are Partial+."
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3163
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1462.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51177
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51309
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56509
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56513
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/900/sol14907.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2581
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1621-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79381