CVE - CVE-2008-2079

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-2079	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.24, 5.0.x before 5.0.60, 5.1.x before 5.1.24, and 6.0.x before 6.0.5 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 within the MySQL home data directory, which can point to tables that are created in the future.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:1019995 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019995 MISC:29106 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29106 MISC:30134 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30134 MISC:31066 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31066 MISC:31226 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31226 MISC:31681 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 MISC:31687 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 MISC:32222 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 MISC:32769 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32769 MISC:36566 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36566 MISC:36701 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 MISC:ADV-2008-1472 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1472/references~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2008-2780 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html MISC:APPLE-SA-2009-09-10-2 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html MISC:DSA-1608 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1608 MISC:MDVSA-2008:149 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:149~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:MDVSA-2008:150 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:150~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2008:0505 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html MISC:RHSA-2008:0510 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0510.html MISC:RHSA-2008:0768 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html MISC:RHSA-2009:1289 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1289.html MISC:SUSE-SR:2008:017 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html MISC:USN-671-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1 MISC:http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167 URL:http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167 MISC:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html URL:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html MISC:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-60.html URL:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-60.html MISC:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-24.html URL:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-24.html MISC:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-5.html URL:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-5.html MISC:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 URL:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 MISC:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 URL:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 MISC:mysql-myisam-security-bypass(42267) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42267 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10133 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10133
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20080505	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080505)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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