RULE(RULE ID:1605137)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2019-07-12
Rule Name: MySQL/MariaDB memcmp() SSE authentication bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2012-2122)
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Rule Protection Details
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: An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to have unspecified effect.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Other Unix, Network Device, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Others
Reference: ExploitDB:19092
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=64884
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5162-release-notes/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00007.html
Solutions
The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
http://www.mysql.com/