Check Point Advisories

Oracle MySQL DELETE Heap Buffer Overflow Improved Performance (CVE-2012-5612)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-1674
Date Published: 28 Apr 2013
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 08 January, 2025
Source: CVE-2012-5612
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75
Who is Vulnerable? Oracle MySQL 5.5.28 and prior
Vulnerability Description A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in MySQL database server. The vulnerability is due to an error while parsing the DELETE command. A remote authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious DELETE command to the affected service. In an attack scenario where code execution is successful, the injected code will be executed within the security context of the service. An unsuccessful exploitation attempt would cause the database service to terminate abnormally.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Oracle MySQL DELETE Heap Buffer Overflow Improved Performance protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: MySQL Protection Violation
Attack Information: Oracle MySQL DELETE Heap Buffer Overflow Improved Performance

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