CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-2008
3.5 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-07-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77
Description
MySQL before 5.1.48 allows remote authenticated users with alter database privileges to cause a denial of service (server crash and database loss) via an ALTER DATABASE command with a #mysql50# string followed by a . (dot), .. (dot dot), ../ (dot dot slash) or similar sequence, and an UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY NAME command, which causes MySQL to move certain directories to the server data directory.
Affected configurations
• oracle mysql (< 5.1.48)
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 11.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 11.10
• fedoraproject fedora 13
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness
References
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=53804 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-48.html Broken Link
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044546.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40333 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40762 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:155 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41198 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024160 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1017-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1918 Permissions Required
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11869 Third Party Advisory
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=53804 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-48.html Broken Link
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044546.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40333 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40762 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:155 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41198 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024160 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1017-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1918 Permissions Required
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11869 Third Party Advisory