Bug 783816 (CVE-2012-0491)

Summary: CVE-2012-0491 mysql: Unspecified vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-01-22 15:47:36 UTC
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2012-0491 to the following vulnerability:

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.5.x allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0117, CVE-2012-0486, CVE-2012-0487, CVE-2012-0488, CVE-2012-0489, CVE-2012-0493, and CVE-2012-0495.

References:
[1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2012-366304.html
[2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0491

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-01-22 16:23:31 UTC
Created mysql tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 783828]

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2012-02-08 22:52:38 UTC
mysql-5.5.20-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-02-12 22:50:58 UTC
mysql-5.5.20-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 4 Vincent Danen 2012-02-13 18:17:47 UTC
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Not vulnerable.  According to the upstream report, this flaw affects MySQL 5.5.x, which is not provided in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, or 6.