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CVE-2013-2378

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.1.67 and earlier, 5.5.29 and earlier, and 5.6.10 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Information Schema.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-2378 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 7 products from oracle, from mariadb, from redhat and 4 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-04-17T17:55:06.027

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	oracle	mysql	≤ 5.1.67	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	≤ 5.5.29	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	≤ 5.6.10	Yes
Application	mariadb	mariadb	< 5.5.30	Yes
Application	mariadb	mariadb	< 10.0.2	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	6.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	6.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	Yes

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0772.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372 Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0772.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For oracle's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.