CVE-2008-4098
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-4098 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-09-18 15:04:27 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | MySQL before 5.0.67 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 home data directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4097. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
HighAuthentication
SingleConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 6.06 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 7.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 8.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 8.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 9.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 9.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.24 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.30 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.36 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.44 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.54 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.56 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.60 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mysql | Mysql | 5.0.66 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.23 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.25 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.26 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.28 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.30 | sp1 | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.32 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.34 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.36 | sp1 | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.38 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.40 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.41 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.42 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.44 | sp1 | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.45 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.46 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.48 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.50 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.50 | sp1 | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.51 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.52 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.56 | sp1 | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.58 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.60 | sp1 | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.62 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.64 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Mysql | 5.0.66 | sp1 | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| USN-897-1: MySQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: MySQL incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| MySQL Bugs: #32167: another privilege bypass with DATA/INDEX DIRECTORY | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.mysql.com | Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:025 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| #480292 - CVE-2008-2079: mysql allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks - Debian Bug report logs | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.debian.org | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA32578 - Debian update for mysql-dfsg-5.0 - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1662-1 mysql-dfsg-5.0 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| USN-671-1: MySQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: MySQL incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:094 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Broken Link |
| Ubuntu update for mysql-dfsg-5 and mysql-dfsg-5.1 - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| USN-1397-1: MySQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Ubuntu update for mysql-dfsg-5.0 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2010-02-17 | Tomas Hoger | This issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0110.html and in Red Hat Application Stack v2 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html . In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, issue CVE-2008-2079 was fixed without introducing CVE-2008-4098 in https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1289.html . |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.