300177 – <dev-db/mysql-5.1.41 Privilege Check Bypass (5.1.x only) (CVE-2009-4030)

Bug 300177 - <dev-db/mysql-5.1.41 Privilege Check Bypass (5.1.x only) (CVE-2009-4030)

Summary: <dev-db/mysql-5.1.41 Privilege Check Bypass (5.1.x only) (CVE-2009-4030)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High trivial (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/e...
Whiteboard:	~3 [noglsa]
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Reported:	2010-01-08 16:17 UTC by Alex Legler (RETIRED)
Modified:	2010-02-01 15:07 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester

2010-01-08 16:17:23 UTC

CVE-2009-4030 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4030):
  MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.41 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 data
  home directory, related to incorrect calculation of the
  mysql_unpacked_real_data_home value.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists
  because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4098 and CVE-2008-2079.

Comment 1 Robin Johnson archtester

2010-02-01 01:32:19 UTC

Fixed 5.1 ebuilds in the tree now.

Comment 2 Tobias Heinlein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-02-01 15:07:49 UTC

Thanks.