Bug 814290 (CVE-2012-1696)

Summary:	CVE-2012-1696 mysql: Unspecified vulnerability in the server optimizer subcomponent leading to DoS (server hang / crash) (Oracle CPU April 2012)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	byte, hhorak, tgl
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-04-19 14:24:02 UTC

Unspecified vulnerability in the server optimizer subcomponent of the Oracle MySQL server could allow authenticated database users to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash of the MySQL server via multiple protocols.

Upstream announced, supported MySQL server versions, vulnerable to this flaw:
5.5.19 and earlier

References:
[1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2012-366314.html#AppendixMSQL
[2] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2012verbose-366316.html#Oracle%20MySQL

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2012-05-21 20:22:01 UTC

According to upstream security advisory, this issue affected MySQL 5.5.x, earlier 5.1.x versions are not listed as affected.  Closing this, as MySQL 5.5.x is not included in any Red Hat Enterprise Linux version yet.