CVE catalog
CVE-2012-5615
mysql-5.5 - security update
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 14.78% · Oct 27, 2026
Oracle MySQL 5.5.38 and earlier, 5.6.19 and earlier, and MariaDB 5.5.28a, 5.3.11, 5.2.13, 5.1.66, and possibly other versions, generates different error messages with different time delays depending on whether a user name exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.32-0ubuntu7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.34-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.34-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.35-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.35+dfsg-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.38-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.6 | 14.04 | 5.6.15-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.6 | 14.04 | 5.6.15-1~exp2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.6 | 14.04 | 5.6.16-1~exp1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.6 | 14.04 | 5.6.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.6 | 14.04 | 5.6.19-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.6 | 14.04 | 5.6.27-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.32-0ubuntu7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.34-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.34-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.35-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.35+dfsg-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.38-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | 14.04 | 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | fixed |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.30+dfsg-1.1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.31+dfsg-0+wheezy1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.31+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.33+dfsg-0+wheezy1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.33+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.35+dfsg-0+wheezy1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.35+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.35+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.37-0+wheezy1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.37-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.38-0+wheezy1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.39-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | 7 | 5.5.40-0+wheezy1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | deb | 14.04 | 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5615 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.6 | deb | 14.04 | 5.6.27-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5615 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mysql-5.5 | deb | 14.04 | 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | Not reported | USN-2384-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | mysql-5.5 | deb | 7 | 5.5.40-0+wheezy1 | Not reported | DSA-3054-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-ru-2023_3956-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3054-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5615]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2384-1]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2012/cve-2012-5615.json]
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