CVE-2010-2008 Information

Description

MySQL before 5.1.48 allows remote authenticated users with alter database privileges to cause a denial of service (server crash and database loss) via an ALTER DATABASE command with a mysql50 string followed by a . (dot) .. (dot dot) ../ (dot dot slash) or similar sequence and an UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY NAME command which causes MySQL to move certain directories to the server data directory.

Reference

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=53804 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-48.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044546.html http://secunia.com/advisories/40333 http://secunia.com/advisories/40762 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:155 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41198 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024160 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1017-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1918 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11869