Bug 814290 – CVE-2012-1696 mysql: Unspecified vulnerability in the server optimizer subcomponent leading to DoS (server hang / crash) (Oracle CPU April 2012)

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Bug 814290 - (CVE-2012-1696) CVE-2012-1696 mysql: Unspecified vulnerability in the server optimizer subcomponent leading to DoS (server hang / crash) (Oracle CPU April 2012)

Summary:	CVE-2012-1696 mysql: Unspecified vulnerability in the server optimizer subcom...

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2012-1696

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Blocks:	814308 mysql-cpu-2012-04
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Reported:	2012-04-19 10:24 EDT by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified:	2012-06-15 11:34 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2012-05-21 16:22:01 EDT
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-04-19 10:24:02 EDT

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 16:22:01 EDT

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.

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