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CVE-2008-7247

Published: 30 November 2009

sql/sql_table.cc in MySQL 5.0.x through 5.0.88, 5.1.x through 5.1.41, and 6.0 before 6.0.9-alpha, when the data home directory contains a symlink to a different filesystem, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by calling CREATE TABLE with a (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY argument referring to a subdirectory that requires following this symlink.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
This isn't fixed in 5.1.42, as of 2010-01-20 upstream hasn't
patched 5.1.x
per upstream bug, don't think it's a security issue
code is different in 5.0.x and analysis done here:
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126097698329834&w=2
says 5.0.x is not affected.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
mysql-5.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick
Released (5.1.41-3ubuntu7)
upstream Needs triage

mysql-dfsg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

mysql-dfsg-4.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

mysql-dfsg-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable
(code not present)
hardy Not vulnerable
(code not present)
intrepid Not vulnerable
(code not present)
jaunty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
karmic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

mysql-dfsg-5.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Ignored
(end of life)
karmic
Released (5.1.37-1ubuntu5.1)
lucid
Released (5.1.41-3ubuntu7)
maverick Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

Patches:
vendor: http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/devel/mysql/mysql-cve-2008-7247.patch?revision=1.1&view=markup
upstream: http://lists.mysql.com/commits/91835 (5.6)
upstream: http://lists.mysql.com/commits/59711 (6.0)