MySQL Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:11291

Info

MySQL Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11291
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 30 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 30 2004 12:00AM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for the discovery of this issue is currently unknown; Trustix security engineers are credited with these discoveries.
Vulnerable: MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.18
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MySQL Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

MySQL is affected by an unspecified insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. This issue is likely due to a design error that causes the application to fail to verify the existance of a file before writing to it.

An attacker may leverage this issue to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of an unsuspecting user that activates the vulnerable application. Reportedly this issue is unlikely to facilitate privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

MySQL Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

MySQL Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Trustix Linux has released an advisory (TSL-2004-0050) along with fixes dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.18

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MySQL Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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