CVE-2008-4097
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 17, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 15, 2008
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- MDVSA-2009:094vendor-advisory
- USN-671-1vendor-advisory
- 32769third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20080909 Re: CVE request: MySQL incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079mailing-list
- mysql-myisam-symlinks-security-bypass(45648)vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: MySQL incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079mailing-list
- 32759third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:025vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25
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