CVE-2008-4098

Publication date 18 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mysql-dfsg-5.0 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 5.0.67-0ubuntu6.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.4
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.11

Notes

mdeslaur

proper fix only made it’s way to 5.0.70, so intrepid isn’t properly patched

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-671-1
    • MySQL vulnerabilities
    • 17 November 2008
    • USN-897-1
    • MySQL vulnerabilities
    • 10 February 2010

Other references