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mysql: possible system table information overwrite using symlinks

🗓️ 19 Dec 2007 16:12:00Reported by RedHatType 
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Unix MySQL versions allow remote authenticated users to overwrite system table data via symlinks.

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
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Tenable Nessus		Oracle MySQL < 5.0.51 RENAME TABLE Symlink System Table Overwrite
5 Dec 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Oracle MySQL Enterprise Server < 5.0.52 Multiple Vulnerabilities
13 Dec 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		MySQL Community Server < 5.1.23 / 6.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
13 Dec 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 4 / 5 : mysql (CESA-2007:1155)
19 Dec 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 4 : mysql (CESA-2007:1222-001)
24 Dec 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DSA-1451-1 : mysql-dfsg-5.0 - several vulnerabilities
7 Jan 200800:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		F5 Networks BIG-IP : MySQL vulnerabilities (SOL8178)
10 Oct 201400:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 8 : mysql-5.0.45-6.fc8 (2007-4465)
17 Dec 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 7 : mysql-5.0.45-6.fc7 (2007-4471)
17 Dec 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		FreeBSD : mysql -- privilege escalation and overwrite of the system table information (8c451386-dff3-11dd-a765-0030843d3802)
12 Jan 200900:00
–nessus
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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386mysql0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1mysql-0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4x86_64mysql0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1mysql-0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386mysql-bench0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1mysql-bench-0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4x86_64mysql-bench0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1mysql-bench-0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386mysql-cluster0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1mysql-cluster-0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4x86_64mysql-cluster0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1mysql-cluster-0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386mysql-debuginfo0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1mysql-debuginfo-0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4x86_64mysql-debuginfo0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1mysql-debuginfo-0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386mysql-devel0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1mysql-devel-0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4x86_64mysql-devel0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1mysql-devel-0:5.0.44-2.el4s1.1.x86_64.rpm
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