MySQL Server RENAME TABLE System Table Overwrite Vulnerability

BID:26765

Info

MySQL Server RENAME TABLE System Table Overwrite Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 26765
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-5969
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 07 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 10 2008 02:47PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
Slackware Linux 12.0
Slackware Linux 11.0
Slackware Linux -current
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.3
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux POS 9
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server 9
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server 10.SP1
S.u.S.E. Linux Desktop 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 ppc
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 ppc
rPath rPath Linux 1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4.6.z
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4.5.z
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client
RedHat Desktop 4.0
Red Hat Fedora 8
Red Hat Fedora 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.6.z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.5.z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.50
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.49
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.48
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.47
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.46
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.45
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.44
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.42
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.40
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.39
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.38
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.37
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.36
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.33
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.32
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.27
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.24
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.22 -1-0.1
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.22
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.21
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.20
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.19
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.18
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.4
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.3
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.2
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.1
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0 .0-alpha
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0 .0-0
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.23
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.21
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.20
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.19
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.18
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.16
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.15
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.13
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.12
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.11
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.7
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.5
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.4
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.3 -beta
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.3 -beta
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.3 -0
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.2 -alpha
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.2
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.1
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1 .11
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.27
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.26
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.25
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.24
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.23
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.21
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.20
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.19
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
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.17
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.15
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.14
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.13
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.12
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.11 -gamma
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.11
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.10
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.9 -gamma
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.9
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.8 -gamma
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.8
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.7 -gamma
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.7
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.6
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.5 a
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.5
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.4
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.3
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.2
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.1
MySQL AB MySQL 4.0 .0
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.59
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.58
+ Conectiva Linux 9.0
+ Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
 + Red Hat Fedora Core2
 + RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
 + RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
 + RedHat Linux Advanced Work Station 2.1
+ Sun Linux 5.0.7
+ Sun Linux 5.0.6
+ Sun Linux 5.0.5
+ Sun Linux 5.0.3
+ Sun Linux 5.0
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
 + Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
 + Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Home
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.56
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.55
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.54 a
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.2
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
 + RedHat Linux 9.0 i386
 MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.54
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ 550
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.53 a
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.53
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
 + Sun Cobalt Qube 3
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.52
+ Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition 1.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.1
+ RedHat Linux 8.0 i386
 + RedHat Linux 8.0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 8.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.51
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.50
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.49
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + RedHat Linux 7.3 i686
 + RedHat Linux 7.3 i386
 + RedHat Linux 7.3
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.48
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.47
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.46
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.45
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.44
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.43
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.42
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.41
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.40
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.39
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.38
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.37
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.36
+ Conectiva Linux 7.0
+ Conectiva Linux 6.0
+ EnGarde Secure Linux 1.0.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ RedHat Linux 7.1 ia64
 + RedHat Linux 7.1 i686
 + RedHat Linux 7.1 i586
 + RedHat Linux 7.1 i386
 + RedHat Linux 7.1
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.34
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 - Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 - Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 - Debian Linux 2.2
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5.1
- HP HP-UX 11.11
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- IBM AIX 4.3.3
- IBM AIX 4.3.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
- OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.8
- OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.7
- OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.6
- RedHat Linux 7.0 i386
 - RedHat Linux 7.0 alpha
 - RedHat Linux 6.2 sparc
 - RedHat Linux 6.2 i386
 - RedHat Linux 6.2 alpha
 - RedHat Linux 5.2 sparc
 - RedHat Linux 5.2 i386
 - RedHat Linux 5.2 alpha
 - S.u.S.E. Linux 7.1
- S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0
- S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4
- Sun Solaris 8_x86
 - Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 - Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
 - Sun Solaris 7.0
 - Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
 - Sun Solaris 2.6
 MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.33
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.32
+ Wirex Immunix OS 7+
 MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.31
+ MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.30
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.29
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.28 gamma
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.28
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.27
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.26
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.25
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.24
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.23
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.22
+ RedHat Linux 7.0 sparc
 + RedHat Linux 7.0 alpha
 + RedHat Linux 7.0
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.10
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.9
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.8
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.5
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.4
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.3
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.2
MySQL AB MySQL 3.23 .x
MySQL AB MySQL 3.22.32
MySQL AB MySQL 3.22.30
MySQL AB MySQL 3.22.29
MySQL AB MySQL 3.22.28
MySQL AB MySQL 3.22.27
MySQL AB MySQL 3.22.26
MySQL AB MySQL 3.22.25
MySQL AB MySQL 3.22 .x
MySQL AB MySQL 3.21 .x
MySQL AB MySQL 3.20.32 a
MySQL AB MySQL 3.20 .x
MySQL AB MySQL 5.0
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.11a
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.10a
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.0.0-alpha
MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.0-0
Miva htmlscript 3.23.32
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5
Not Vulnerable: MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.51

Discussion

MySQL Server RENAME TABLE System Table Overwrite Vulnerability

MySQL is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability because the database server fails to properly handle unexpected symbolic links.

Exploiting this issue allows attackers with local access to affected computers to overwrite MySQL system tables. Further attacks against the MySQL database and potentially the underlying operating system may be possible.

This issue affects versions prior to MySQL 5.0.51.

Exploit / POC

MySQL Server RENAME TABLE System Table Overwrite Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, attackers can use standard database client software in conjuction with standard operating system utilities.

Solution / Fix

MySQL Server RENAME TABLE System Table Overwrite Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released MySQL 5.0.51 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.0.0-alpha

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5

MySQL AB MySQL 3.20 .x

MySQL AB MySQL 3.22.25

MySQL AB MySQL 3.22.26

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23 .x

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.10

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.2

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.22

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.24

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.28

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.28 gamma

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.30

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.31

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.34

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.36

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.38

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.4

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.43

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.49

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.51

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.52

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.53

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.53 a

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.54

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.54 a

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.56

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.58

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.59

MySQL AB MySQL 3.23.9

MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.13

MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.17

MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.18

MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.19

MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.25

MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.27

MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.5

MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.6

MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.7

MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.8 -gamma

MySQL AB MySQL 4.0.8

MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.18

MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.2 -alpha

MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.21

MySQL AB MySQL 4.1.4

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.2

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.20

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.22

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.27

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.33

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.37

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.40

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.44

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.47

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.48

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.49

MySQL AB MySQL 5.0.50

References

MySQL Server RENAME TABLE System Table Overwrite Vulnerability

References:

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