CVE-2012-2122 | BDVDB-2026-50684 Detail
Description#
sql/password.c in Oracle MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.63, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6, and MariaDB 5.1.x before 5.1.62, 5.2.x before 5.2.12, 5.3.x before 5.3.6, and 5.5.x before 5.5.23, when running in certain environments with certain implementations of the memcmp function, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by repeatedly authenticating with the same incorrect password, which eventually causes a token comparison to succeed due to an improperly-checked return value.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=64884
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53911
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19092
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00007.html
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/06/11/cve-2012-2122-a-tragically-comedic-security-flaw-in-mysql
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1027143
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49417
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q2/493
- http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5162-release-notes/
Exploit#
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.