Vulnerability CVE-2012-5615
Published: 2012-12-03

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
MySQL Remote Preauth User Enumeration Zeroday
Kingcope
02.12.2012

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Oracle -> Mysql 
Mariadb -> Mariadb 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/9
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3909
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