CVE-2012-5611

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.

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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

• USN-1658-1
• MySQL vulnerability
• 10 December 2012
• USN-1703-1
• MySQL vulnerabilities
• 22 January 2013

Other references

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23075
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5611