CVE-2012-5614

Oracle MySQL 5.1.67 and earlier and 5.5.29 and earlier, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld crash) via a SELECT command with an UpdateXML command containing XML with a large number of unique, nested elements.

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0772.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/7Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/53372Not Applicable
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027829Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882607Issue Tracking
• https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3910Broken Link, Patch
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0772.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/7Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/53372Not Applicable
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027829Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882607Issue Tracking
• https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3910Broken Link, Patch

Published

Dec 3, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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