First published: Fri Mar 21 2003(Updated: )
MySQL 3.23.55 and earlier creates world-writeable files and allows mysql users to gain root privileges by using the "SELECT * INFO OUTFILE" operator to overwrite a configuration file and cause mysql to run as root upon restart, as demonstrated by modifying my.cnf.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Oracle MySQL | =3.23.52 | |
Oracle MySQL | =3.23.53 | |
Oracle MySQL | =3.23.53a | |
Oracle MySQL | =3.23.54 | |
Oracle MySQL | =3.23.54a | |
Oracle MySQL | =3.23.55 |
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.