CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-5615

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2012-12-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-12-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

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.

Affected configurations

• mariadb mariadb 5.1.66 • mariadb mariadb 5.2.13 • mariadb mariadb 5.3.11 • mariadb mariadb 5.5.28a • oracle mysql 5.5.19

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References