National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2122

Overview

sql/password.c in Oracle MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.63, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6, and MariaDB 5.1.x before 5.1.62, 5.2.x before 5.2.12, 5.3.x before 5.3.6, and 5.5.x before 5.5.23, when running in certain environments with certain implementations of the memcmp function, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by repeatedly authenticating with the same incorrect password, which eventually causes a token comparison to succeed due to an improperly-checked return value.

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External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120609 Security vulnerability in MySQL/MariaDB sql/password.c

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q2/493

External Source: MISC

Name: https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/06/11/cve-2012-2122-a-tragically-comedic-security-flaw-in-mysql

Hyperlink:https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/06/11/cve-2012-2122-a-tragically-comedic-security-flaw-in-mysql

External Source: BID

Name: 53911

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53911

External Source: EXPLOIT-DB

Name: 19092

Hyperlink:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19092

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1027143

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1027143

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 49417

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/49417

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2012:0984

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00007.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5162-release-notes/

Hyperlink:http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5162-release-notes/

External Source: MISC

Name: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=64884

Hyperlink:http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=64884