CVE-2007-5969

Summary

CVECVE-2007-5969
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-10 19:46:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:01:00 UTC
DescriptionMySQL Community Server 5.0.x before 5.0.51, Enterprise Server 5.0.x before 5.0.52, Server 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and Server 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when a table relies on symlinks created through explicit DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite system table information and gain privileges via a RENAME TABLE statement that changes the symlink to point to an existing file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mysql Community Server 5.0.41 All All All
Application Mysql Community Server 5.0.44 All All All
Application Mysql Community Server 5.0.45 All All All
Application Mysql Community Server 5.0.41 All All All
Application Mysql Community Server 5.0.44 All All All
Application Mysql Community Server 5.0.45 All All All
Application Mysql Community Server All All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Enterprise Server 5.0.50 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Enterprise Server 5.0.50 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 5.1.22 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0.1 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0.2 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0.3 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 5.1.22 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0.1 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0.2 All All All
Application Mysql Mysql Server 6.0.3 All All All

References

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MySQL AB :: MySQL 5.0.51 has been released forums.mysql.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: mysql-5.0.45-6.fc7 FEDORA www.redhat.com
MySQL Server RENAME TABLE System Table Overwrite Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
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