PT-2008-3596 · Oracle+1 · Mysql Server+1

Published

2008-05-05

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Updated

2024-06-15

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CVE-2008-2079

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MySQL versions 4.1.x through 4.1.23 MySQL versions 5.0.x through 5.0.59 MySQL versions 5.1.x through 5.1.23 MySQL versions 6.0.x through 6.0.4
Description The issue allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a MyISAM table with modified DATA DIRECTORY or INDEX DIRECTORY arguments that are within the MySQL home data directory. This can point to tables that are created in the future.
Recommendations For MySQL versions 4.1.x through 4.1.23, update to version 4.1.24 or later. For MySQL versions 5.0.x through 5.0.59, update to version 5.0.60 or later. For MySQL versions 5.1.x through 5.1.23, update to version 5.1.24 or later. For MySQL versions 6.0.x through 6.0.4, update to version 6.0.5 or later.

Exploit

Fix

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2079
DSA-1608-1
DTSA-150-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11038-1
RHSA-2008:0505
RHSA-2008:0510
RHSA-2008:0768
RHSA-2008_0768
RHSA-2009:1289
RHSA-2009_1289
SUSE-RU-2023:3956-1
SUSE-RU-2023:4991-1

Affected Products

Mysql Server
Red Hat