Bug 882607 (CVE-2012-5614)

Summary:	CVE-2012-5614 mysql: COM_BINLOG_DUMP crash on invalid data
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	byte, hhorak, jlieskov, redhat, roomojee
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	mysql 5.5.21	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Blocks:	882596, 952846, 952853

Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-12-02 07:06:57 UTC

A Denial-of-Service flaw was found in MySQL. An authenticated database user could use this flaw to cause a temporary denial of service (mysqld crash)

Reference:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/7

This issue was assigned CVE-2012-5614.

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-12-03 11:30:13 UTC

Some other references:
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4
  https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3910

Comment 4 Vincent Danen 2013-04-16 22:52:14 UTC

This is noted in Oracle's April CPU as:

An unspecified vulnerability in the Server XML subcomponent of Oracle MySQL allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service.

This flaw affects MySQL 5.1.67 and earlier, and 5.5.29 and earlier.


External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html#AppendixMSQL

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2013-04-25 17:31:02 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0772 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0772.html

Comment 6 Vincent Danen 2013-09-19 17:58:52 UTC

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