CVE-2008-4097 Information

Description

MySQL 5.0.51a 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 associated with symlinks within pathnames for subdirectories of the MySQL home data directory which are followed when tables are created in the future. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=48029225 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 http://secunia.com/advisories/32769 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/20 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45648