medium
4.6
CWE
264
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2008-2079

First published: Thu Mar 13 2008(Updated: )

MySQL 4.1.24, 5.0.60, 5.1.24, and 6.0.5 fixes an issue allowing an authenticated attacker to gain privileges to tables that will be created by some other database user in future using MyISAM storage engine, if an attacker can predict names of such tables. Attacker can create a table using DATA/INDEX DIRECTORY directives causing data and index files (.MYD/.MYI) to be created in some other directory writable by mysql server, including directories used to store table files of other users' databases. If victim later creates table with the same name, attacker's data and index files are overwritten by victim's files, but access privileges are not revoked. Attacker gains access to newly created victim's table. References: <a href="http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167">http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167</a> <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html</a> <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-60.html">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-60.html</a> <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-24.html">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-24.html</a> <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-5.html">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-5.html</a>

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/mysql<0:4.1.22-2.el4
0:4.1.22-2.el4
redhat/mysql<0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
redhat/httpd<0:2.0.63-2.el4
0:2.0.63-2.el4
redhat/mysql<0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el4
0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el4
redhat/mysql-connector-odbc<0:3.51.24r1071-1.el4
0:3.51.24r1071-1.el4
redhat/php<0:5.1.6-3.el4
0:5.1.6-3.el4
redhat/postgresqlclient7<0:7.4.19-1.el4
0:7.4.19-1.el4
redhat/postgresql-jdbc<0:8.1.412-1jpp.el4
0:8.1.412-1jpp.el4
MySQL Server>=4.1.0<4.1.24
MySQL Server>=5.0.0<5.0.60
MySQL Server>=5.1.0<5.1.24
MySQL>=6.0.0<6.0.5
Debian Debian Linux=4.0
Ubuntu Linux=6.06
Ubuntu Linux=7.10
Ubuntu Linux=8.04

Remedy

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167

Remedy

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29106

Remedy

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2008-2079?

    CVE-2008-2079 has a moderate severity rating due to the potential for privilege escalation in MySQL.

  • How do I fix CVE-2008-2079?

    To fix CVE-2008-2079, upgrade to MySQL versions 4.1.24, 5.0.60, 5.1.24, or 6.0.5 or later.

  • What versions of MySQL are affected by CVE-2008-2079?

    CVE-2008-2079 affects MySQL versions 4.1.0 through 4.1.24, 5.0.0 through 5.0.60, 5.1.0 through 5.1.24, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.5.

  • Who is vulnerable to exploitation of CVE-2008-2079?

    Authenticated users who can predict the names of future tables are vulnerable to exploitation of CVE-2008-2079.

  • What impact does CVE-2008-2079 have on MySQL databases?

    CVE-2008-2079 allows an authenticated attacker to gain privileges to tables created by other users, potentially compromising database security.

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