CVE-2010-1626

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-11-22
Bugzilla:
553648: CVE-2010-1626 mysql: table destruction via DATA/INDEX DIRECTORY directives using symlinks

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

MySQL before 5.1.46 allows local users to delete the data and index files of another user's MyISAM table via a symlink attack in conjunction with the DROP TABLE command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4098 and CVE-2008-7247.

Find out more about CVE-2010-1626 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (mysql) RHSA-2010:0442 2010-05-26

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 mysql Will not fix

Last Modified

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