CVE-2008-4098

Description

MySQL before 5.0.67 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 originally associated with pathnames without symlinks, and that can point to tables created at a future time at which a pathname is modified to contain a symlink to a subdirectory of the MySQL home data directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4097.

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/32578

http://secunia.com/advisories/32759

http://secunia.com/advisories/32769

http://secunia.com/advisories/38517

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1662

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/20

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/3

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0110.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45649

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10591

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0