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CVE-2008-4097

Publication date 18 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mysql-dfsg-5.0 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.4
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.11

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-671-1
    • MySQL vulnerabilities
    • 17 November 2008

Other references