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CVE-2005-0711

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-03-14 mysql-server -- multiple remote vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2005-0711
Phase Assigned(20050311)

Description

MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10, uses predictable file names when creating temporary tables, which allows local users with CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE privileges to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

References

Source Reference
VULNWATCH 20050310 Mysql insecure temporary file creation with CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE privilege escalation
APPLE APPLE-SA-2005-08-15
APPLE APPLE-SA-2005-08-17
DEBIAN DSA-707
GENTOO GLSA-200503-19
MANDRAKE MDKSA-2005:060
REDHAT RHSA-2005:334
REDHAT RHSA-2005:348
SUNALERT 101864
SUSE SUSE-SA:2005:019
TRUSTIX 2005-0009
UBUNTU USN-96-1
BID 12781
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9591