Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3 ↗
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/9 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4 ↗
- https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3909 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html ↗