Oracle · Mysql Server · CVE-2005-0004
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
MySQL versions 3.x and earlier
MySQL versions 4.0.23 and earlier
MySQL versions 4.1.x before 4.1.10
MySQL versions 5.0.x before 5.0.3
**Description**
The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or read temporary files via a symlink attack on temporary files created by the mysqlaccess script.
**Recommendations**
For MySQL versions 3.x and earlier, update to a version later than 3.x to resolve the issue.
For MySQL versions 4.0.23 and earlier, update to a version later than 4.0.23 to resolve the issue.
For MySQL versions 4.1.x before 4.1.10, update to version 4.1.10 or later to resolve the issue.
For MySQL versions 5.0.x before 5.0.3, update to version 5.0.3 or later to resolve the issue.