Executive Summary



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Summary
Title MySQL vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-671-1 First vendor Publication 2008-11-17
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2008-11-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
mysql-server-5.0 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.11

Ubuntu 7.10:
mysql-server-5.0 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.4

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

It was discovered that MySQL could be made to overwrite existing table files in the data directory. An authenticated user could use the DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options to possibly bypass privilege checks. This update alters table creation behaviour by disallowing the use of the MySQL data directory in DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options. (CVE-2008-2079, CVE-2008-4097 and CVE-2008-4098)

It was discovered that MySQL did not handle empty bit-string literals properly. An attacker could exploit this problem and cause the MySQL server to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-3963)

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
25 % CWE-134 Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25)
25 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10133
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10133
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-2079
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10521
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10521
Title: MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.
Description: MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3963
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10591
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10591
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-4098
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16963
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16963
Title: USN-671-1 -- mysql-dfsg-5.0 vulnerabilities
Description: It was discovered that MySQL could be made to overwrite existing table files in the data directory.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-671-1
CVE-2008-2079
CVE-2008-4097
CVE-2008-4098
CVE-2008-3963
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04
 Product(s): mysql-dfsg-5.0
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18440
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18440
Title: DSA-1662-1 mysql-dfsg-5.0 - authorisation bypass
Description: A symlink traversal vulnerability was discovered in MySQL, a relational database server. The weakness could permit an attacker having both CREATE TABLE access to a database and the ability to execute shell commands on the database server to bypass MySQL access controls, enabling them to write to tables in databases to which they would not ordinarily have access.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1662-1
CVE-2008-4098
CVE-2008-4097
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): mysql-dfsg-5.0
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18619
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18619
Title: DSA-1608-1 mysql-dfsg-5.0 - authorisation bypass
Description: Sergei Golubchik discovered that MySQL, a widely-deployed database server, did not properly validate optional data or index directory paths given in a CREATE TABLE statement, nor would it (under proper conditions) prevent two databases from using the same paths for data or index files. This permits an authenticated user with authorisation to create tables in one database to read, write or delete data from tables subsequently created in other databases, regardless of other GRANT authorisations.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1608-1
CVE-2008-2079
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): mysql-dfsg-5.0
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7628
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7628
Title: DSA-1662 mysql-dfsg-5.0 -- authorisation bypass
Description: A symlink traversal vulnerability was discovered in MySQL, a relational database server. The weakness could permit an attacker having both CREATE TABLE access to a database and the ability to execute shell commands on the database server to bypass MySQL access controls, enabling them to write to tables in databases to which they would not ordinarily have access. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies this vulnerability as CVE-2008-4098. Note that a closely aligned issue, identified as CVE-2008-4097, was prevented by the update announced in DSA-1608-1. This new update supersedes that fix and mitigates both potential attack vectors.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1662
CVE-2008-4098
CVE-2008-4097
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): mysql-dfsg-5.0
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7917
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7917
Title: DSA-1608 mysql-dfsg-5.0 -- authorisation bypass
Description: Sergei Golubchik discovered that MySQL, a widely-deployed database server, did not properly validate optional data or index directory paths given in a CREATE TABLE statement, nor would it (under proper conditions) prevent two databases from using the same paths for data or index files. This permits an authenticated user with authorisation to create tables in one database to read, write or delete data from tables subsequently created in other databases, regardless of other GRANT authorisations. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies this weakness as CVE-2008-2079.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1608
CVE-2008-2079
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): mysql-dfsg-5.0
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 9
Application 471
Os 6
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-03-16 Name : Ubuntu Update for mysql-5.1 USN-1397-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1397_1.nasl
2012-02-12 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201201-02 (MySQL)
File : nvt/glsa_201201_02.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for mysql CESA-2009:1289 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1289_mysql_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for mysql CESA-2010:0109 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0109_mysql_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X Security Update 2008-007
File : nvt/macosx_secupd_2008-007.nasl
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X Security Update 2009-005
File : nvt/macosx_secupd_2009-005.nasl
2010-02-19 Name : CentOS Update for mysql CESA-2010:0110 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0110_mysql_centos4_i386.nasl
2010-02-19 Name : RedHat Update for mysql RHSA-2010:0110-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0110-01_mysql.nasl
2010-02-19 Name : RedHat Update for mysql RHSA-2010:0109-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0109-01_mysql.nasl
2010-02-15 Name : Ubuntu Update for MySQL vulnerabilities USN-897-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_897_1.nasl
2010-01-19 Name : Mandriva Update for mysql MDVSA-2010:011 (mysql)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_011.nasl
2010-01-19 Name : Mandriva Update for mysql MDVSA-2010:012 (mysql)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_012.nasl
2009-12-10 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:326 (mysql)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_326.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for MySQL
File : nvt/sles10_mysql0.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for MySQL
File : nvt/sles10_mysql1.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for MySQL
File : nvt/sles9p5032620.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for MySQL
File : nvt/sles9p5040120.nasl
2009-09-21 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1289 (mysql)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1289.nasl
2009-09-09 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1289
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1289.nasl
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-763-1 (xine-lib)
File : nvt/ubuntu_763_1.nasl
2009-06-05 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1067
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1067.nasl
2009-04-28 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:094 (mysql)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_094.nasl
2009-04-23 Name : MySQL MyISAM Table Privileges Secuity Bypass Vulnerability
File : nvt/mysql_29106.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mysql MDVSA-2008:150 (mysql)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_150.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mysql MDVSA-2008:149 (mysql)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_149.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for mysql-dfsg-5.0 vulnerabilities USN-671-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_671_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for mysql RHSA-2008:0768-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0768-01_mysql.nasl
2009-01-23 Name : SuSE Update for openwsman SUSE-SA:2008:041
File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_041.nasl
2009-01-20 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:001 (OpenSuSE 10.3)
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_001b.nasl
2009-01-20 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:001 (OpenSuSE 11.0)
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_001a.nasl
2009-01-20 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:001 (OpenSuSE 11.1)
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_001.nasl
2009-01-13 Name : FreeBSD Ports: mysql-server
File : nvt/freebsd_mysql-server16.nasl
2009-01-02 Name : FreeBSD Ports: mysql-server
File : nvt/freebsd_mysql-server15.nasl
2008-11-19 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1662-1 (mysql-dfsg-5.0)
File : nvt/deb_1662_1.nasl
2008-09-25 Name : MySQL Empty Bit-String Literal Denial of Service Vulnerability
File : nvt/secpod_mysql_dos_vuln_900221.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200809-04 (mysql)
File : nvt/glsa_200809_04.nasl
2008-09-17 Name : FreeBSD Ports: mysql-server
File : nvt/freebsd_mysql-server14.nasl
2008-07-15 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1608-1 (mysql-dfsg-5.0)
File : nvt/deb_1608_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
48021 MySQL Empty Bit-String Literal Token SQL Statement DoS
44937 MySQL MyISAM Table CREATE TABLE Privilege Check Bypass

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_mysql_20130924.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0110.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0109.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1289.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20100216_mysql_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20100216_mysql_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090902_mysql_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080724_mysql_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-03-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1397-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-01-16 Name : The remote database server allows a local user to circumvent privileges.
File : mysql_6_0_14_priv_bypass.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-01-06 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201201-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-02 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0109.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-18 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0110.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-17 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0110.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-17 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0109.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-11 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-897-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-18 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-011.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1289.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-08 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-326.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-25 Name : The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : mysql_5_1_41.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12256.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12175.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-11 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2009-005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_libmysqlclient-devel-080919.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1783.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-150.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-671-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-149.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-094.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-01-12 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_66a770b4e00811dda7650030843d3802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-30 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_738f8f9ed66111dda7650030843d3802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_libmysqlclient-devel-5619.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-01 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_mysql-5613.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_mysql-5618.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-09 Name : The remote database server is susceptible to a privilege bypass attack.
File : mysql_es_5_0_70.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-06 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1662.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-10 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2008-007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-11 Name : The remote database server is susceptible to a denial of service attack.
File : mysql_es_5_0_66.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-11 Name : The remote database server is affected by several issues.
File : mysql_5_0_67.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-11 Name : The remote database server is susceptible to a denial of service attack.
File : mysql_6_0_6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-11 Name : The remote database server is susceptible to a denial of service attack.
File : mysql_5_1_26.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-10 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_388d9ee47f2211dda66a0019666436c2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-05 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200809-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-14 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_mysql-5338.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-14 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_libmysqlclient-devel-5341.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0768.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-15 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1608.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-09 Name : The remote database server allows a local user to circumvent privileges.
File : mysql_4_1_24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-09 Name : The remote database server allows a local user to circumvent privileges.
File : mysql_es_5_0_60.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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