CVE-2012-5611

Public on 2012-12-03

Modified on 2014-09-14

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the acl_get function in Oracle MySQL 5.5.19 and other versions through 5.5.28, and 5.1.53 and other versions through 5.1.66, and MariaDB 5.5.2.x before 5.5.28a, 5.3.x before 5.3.11, 5.2.x before 5.2.13 and 5.1.x before 5.1.66, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GRANT FILE command.

Severity

Important

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CVSS v3 Base Score

6.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	mysql51	2012-12-06 21:25	ALAS-2012-145
Amazon Linux 1	mysql55	2012-12-06 21:24	ALAS-2012-144

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Red Hat: CVE-2012-5611 Mitre: CVE-2012-5611 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity