CVE-2008-4098

Canonical Ubuntu Linux - Symlink Following

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (18)

Core 18
Core References
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1
Not Applicable third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38517
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10591
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1
Not Applicable third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32769
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/20
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/3
Not Applicable third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45649
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1662
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0110.html
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
Not Applicable third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32578

Scores

EPSS 0.0162
EPSS Percentile 73.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (49)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.10
debian/debian_linux 5.0
mysql/mysql 5.0.0
mysql/mysql 5.0.1
mysql/mysql 5.0.2
... and 39 more
Published Sep 18, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026