Bug 867217 (CVE-2012-3173)

Summary:	CVE-2012-3173 mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to InnoDB Plugin (CPU Oct 2012)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Kurt Seifried <kseifried>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	byte, hhorak, kvolny, rmillner, tgl, tkramer
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	871813, 871814
Bug Blocks:	867241, 870399

Description Kurt Seifried 2012-10-17 05:34:41 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2012-3173 to
the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2012-3173
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3173
Assigned: 20120606
Reference: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle
MySQL 5.1.63 and earlier, and 5.5.25 and earlier, allows remote
authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related
to InnoDB Plugin.

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2012-11-02 13:27:15 UTC

InnoDB plugin was first enabled in MySQL packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 erratum RHSA-2012:0874:

  https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0874.html

InnoDB plugin is only available on x86 and x86_64 platforms.

MySQL 5.0 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 do not include InnoDB plugin.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2012-11-14 20:53:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:1462 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1462.html