CVE-2008-4098

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 (36)

• secalert@redhathttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25
• secalert@redhathttp://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32578
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32759
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32769
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/38517
• secalert@redhathttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1
• secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1662
• secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/20
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/3
• secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
• secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0110.html
• secalert@redhathttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1