Bug 1212779 (CVE-2015-0500)

Summary:	CVE-2015-0500 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:Information Schema (CPU April 2015)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	abaron, aortega, apevec, ayoung, byte, chrisw, dallan, databases-maint, gkotton, hhorak, jdornak, jorton, jstanek, lhh, lpeer, markmc, mbayer, mmaslano, mmuzila, rbryant, sclewis, yeylon
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	mysql 5.6.24	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-04-23 06:23:41 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1214590
Bug Blocks:	1212785

Description Martin Prpič 2015-04-17 09:57:01 UTC

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server : Information Schema). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.23 and earlier. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows successful authenticated network attacks via multiple protocols. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server.

External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2015-2365600.html#AppendixMSQL

Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2015-04-23 06:23:41 UTC

Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of mysql or mysql55 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 or 7 as it only affects MySQL 5.6.x which are not shipped with these versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 3 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2015-04-23 09:13:46 UTC

This issue was addressed in mysql-5.6 in Fedora 21 via the following security advisory:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/community-mysql-5.6.24-1.fc21