Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20125612000
Revision Date:2012-12-03Version:1
Title:CVE-2012-5612 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2012-5612
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND The 'mysql-5.5' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.04.1').
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