MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.41 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 originally associated with pathnames without symlinks, and that can point to tables created at a future time at which a pathname is modified to contain a symlink to a subdirectory of the MySQL data home directory, related to incorrect calculation of the mysql_unpacked_real_data_home value. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4098 and CVE-2008-2079.
The software attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mysql | Mysql | 5.1.5 | 5.1.5 |
| Mysql | Mysql | 5.1.23 | 5.1.23 |
| Mysql | Mysql | 5.1.32 | 5.1.32 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.2 | 5.1.2 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.3 | 5.1.3 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.4 | 5.1.4 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.6 | 5.1.6 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.7 | 5.1.7 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.8 | 5.1.8 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.9 | 5.1.9 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.10 | 5.1.10 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.11 | 5.1.11 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.12 | 5.1.12 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.13 | 5.1.13 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.14 | 5.1.14 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.15 | 5.1.15 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.16 | 5.1.16 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.17 | 5.1.17 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.18 | 5.1.18 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.19 | 5.1.19 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.20 | 5.1.20 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.21 | 5.1.21 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.22 | 5.1.22 |
| Mysql | Oracle | 5.1.30 | 5.1.30 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | mysql-0:4.1.22-2.el4_8.3 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | mysql-0:5.0.77-4.el5_4.2 | * |
| Mysql-5.1 | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Mysql-5.1 | Ubuntu | maverick | * |
| Mysql-5.1 | Ubuntu | natty | * |
| Mysql-dfsg | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Mysql-dfsg-4.1 | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Mysql-dfsg-5.0 | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Mysql-dfsg-5.0 | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Mysql-dfsg-5.0 | Ubuntu | intrepid | * |
| Mysql-dfsg-5.0 | Ubuntu | jaunty | * |
| Mysql-dfsg-5.0 | Ubuntu | karmic | * |
| Mysql-dfsg-5.1 | Ubuntu | jaunty | * |
| Mysql-dfsg-5.1 | Ubuntu | karmic | * |
| Mysql-dfsg-5.1 | Ubuntu | lucid | * |