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CVE-2012-1734

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-07-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.1.62 and earlier, and 5.5.23 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Server Optimizer.

Affected products

• MariaDB: from 5.1.0 before 5.1.66; from 5.5.0 before 5.5.24 — fixed in 5.1.66, 5.5.24
• MySQL Server: from 5.1.0 through 5.1.62; from 5.5.0 through 5.5.23
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 6.3
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 5.1.66, 5.5.24. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://osvdb.org/83979
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1462.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51309
• http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54540
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027263
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77064
• http://osvdb.org/83979
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1462.html

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