CVE-2008-2079 (GCVE-0-2008-2079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-05-05 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:49
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.24, 5.0.x before 5.0.60, 5.1.x before 5.1.24, and 6.0.x before 6.0.5 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 within the MySQL home data directory, which can point to tables that are created in the future.
References
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-60.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42267 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019995 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10133 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/31226 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1289.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/30134 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32769 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:149 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-24.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1472/references vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/31066 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-5.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29106 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0510.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:150 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1608 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/36566 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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