CVE-2007-2691

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-2691
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-16 01:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMySQL before 4.1.23, 5.0.x before 5.0.42, and 5.1.x before 5.1.18 does not require the DROP privilege for RENAME TABLE statements, which allows remote authenticated users to rename arbitrary tables.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mysql Mysql All All All All
Application Mysql Mysql All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
MySQL AB :: MySQL 5.1 Reference Manual :: C.1.9 Changes in MySQL 5.1.18 (08 May 2007) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.mysql.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-528-1: MySQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:139 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for mysql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - MySQL Lets Remote Authenticated Users Issue the RENAME TABLE Command af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
rPath update for mysql, mysql-bench, and mysql-server - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for mysql-dfsg, mysql-dfsg-5.0, and mysql-dfsg-4.1 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
MySQL Lists: announce: MySQL Community Server 5.0.45 has been released! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.mysql.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
rPath update for mysql, mysql-bench, and mysql-server - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
About Security Update 2008-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
MySQL Rename Table Function Access Validation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
MySQL Denial of Service Vulnerability and Multiple Security Issues - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Mandriva update for mysql - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
MySQL Bugs: #27515: DROP previlege is not required anymore for RENAME TABLE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.mysql.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for mysql - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 Security Update 2008-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for mysql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1413-1 mysql af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
osvdb.org/34766 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1536 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-05-29Joshua BressersRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-2691 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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