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CVE-2008-2079

N/A

Published: May 5, 2008 at 04:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC

4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxMySQL Server

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux · Canonicalrubygems

95%

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

95%

4.1.0 ≤ v < 4.1.245.0.0 ≤ v < 5.0.605.1.0 ≤ v < 5.1.24

Affected range stops below 4.1.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.0.60, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.1.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

MySQL Server · Oraclenpm

95%

6.0.0 ≤ v < 6.0.5

Affected range stops below 6.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (33)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-60.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-24.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-5.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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