CVE-2008-4097 | BDVDB-2026-32427 Detail
Description#
MySQL 5.0.51a allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a MyISAM table with modified (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY arguments that are associated with symlinks within pathnames for subdirectories of the MySQL home data directory, which are followed when tables are created in the future. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32769
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/20
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45648
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.