CVE-2012-3163: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.64 and earlier, and 5.5.26 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Information Schema.

Affected products

  • Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 10.04 only; version 11.10 only; version 12.04 only; version 12.10 only
  • Debian Debian Linux: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 10.1.0, up to and including 10.2.4; from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.3.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: version 11.3.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.3.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 10.0.0, up to and including 10.2.4; from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.3.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 10.1.0, up to and including 10.2.4; from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.3.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Enterprise Manager: from 2.0.0, up to and including 2.3.0; from 3.0.0, up to and including 3.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 10.0.0, up to and including 10.2.4; from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.3.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 10.0.0, up to and including 10.2.4; from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.3.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 10.0.0, up to and including 10.2.4; from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.3.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: version 11.3.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Protocol Security Module: from 10.0.0, up to and including 10.2.4; from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.3.0
  • F5 BIG-IP WAN Optimization Manager: from 10.0.0, up to and including 10.2.4; from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.3.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 10.0.0, up to and including 10.2.4; from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.3.0
  • MariaDB MariaDB: from 5.1, before 5.1.66 (fixed in 5.1.66); from 5.5.0, before 5.5.27 (fixed in 5.5.27)
  • Oracle MySQL: from 5.1.0, up to and including 5.1.64; from 5.5.0, up to and including 5.5.26
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus: version 6.3 only
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only

Published 2012-10-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.