Description
MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, and 4.1.x up to 4.1.10, uses predictable file names when creating temporary tables, which allows local users with CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE privileges to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9591 ↗
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0009/ ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-707 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-334.html ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101864-1 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_mysql.html ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/96-1/ ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-348.html ↗
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q1/0082.html ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:060 ↗
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-19.xml ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12781 ↗