CVE-2012-5627

Name	CVE-2012-5627
Description	Oracle MySQL and MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.29, 5.3.x before 5.3.12, and 5.2.x before 5.2.14 does not modify the salt during multiple executions of the change_user command within the same connection which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to conduct brute force password guessing attacks.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
mysql-5.5 (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	5.5.62-0+deb8u1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency
mariadb-5.5	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
mysql-5.1	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant
mysql-5.5	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

Notes

- mariadb-5.5 <not-affected> (Fixed before initial upload to archive)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883719
https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3915