CVE-2012-0583

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Description

The CVE Program describes this issue as:

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.60 and earlier, and 5.5.19 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect availability, related to MyISAM.

Statement

On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10, new MySQL 5.5 packages are available which are not vulnerable to this issue. Future updates for MySQL 5.0 will no longer be made available (mysql-5.0.* and related packages); security advisories will be provided only for MySQL 5.5. Please refer to https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2013-1330.html for further information.

On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10, new MySQL 5.5 packages are available which are not vulnerable to this issue. Future updates for MySQL 5.0 will no longer be made available (mysql-5.0.* and related packages); security advisories will be provided only for MySQL 5.5. Please refer to https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2013-1330.html for further information.

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 814282: mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability in MyISAM (Oracle CPU April 2012)
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2012-0583

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
Red HatNVD

CVSS v2 Base Score

4

4

Attack Vector

Network

Network

Access Complexity

Low

Low

Authentication

Single

Single

Confidentiality Impact

None

None

Integrity Impact

None

None

Availability Impact

Partial

Partial

CVSS v2 Vector

Red Hat: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Frequently Asked Questions

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