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CVE-2008-4097

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-12-30	mysql -- MyISAM table privileges security bypass vulnerability for symlinked paths

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CVE-2008-4097 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-4097
Phase	Assigned(20080915)

Description

MySQL 5.0.51a 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 associated with symlinks within pathnames for subdirectories of the MySQL home data directory, which are followed when tables are created in the future. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20080909 Re: CVE request: MySQL incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079
MLIST	[oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: MySQL incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079
MISC	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25
CONFIRM	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2009:094
SUSE	SUSE-SR:2008:025
UBUNTU	USN-671-1
SECUNIA	32759
SECUNIA	32769
XF	mysql-myisam-symlinks-security-bypass(45648)