CVE-2008-2079

Description

From CVE.org

MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.24, 5.0.x before 5.0.60, 5.1.x before 5.1.24, and 6.0.x before 6.0.5 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 within the MySQL home data directory, which can point to tables that are created in the future.

Statement

This issue did not affect MySQL as supplied with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score4.94.6N/A
Attack VectorNetworkNetworkN/A
Access ComplexityMediumHighN/A
AuthenticationSingleSingleN/A
Confidentiality ImpactPartialPartialN/A
Integrity ImpactPartialPartialN/A
Availability ImpactNonePartialN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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