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CVE-2007-2691 Detail

Description

MySQL before 4.1.23, 5.0.x before 5.0.42, and 5.1.x before 5.1.18 does not require the DROP privilege for RENAME TABLE statements, which allows remote authenticated users to rename arbitrary tables.


Metrics

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Evaluator Solution

The vendor has released a product update to address this issue: Upgrade to MySQL version 5.1.18: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (05/29/2007)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-2691 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27515 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-18.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/470 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://osvdb.org/34766 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25301 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25946 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26073 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26430 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27155 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27823 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30351 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31226 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1413 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:139 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0894.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473874/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24016 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018069 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1804 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34347 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1536 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9559 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/528-1/ CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2691
NVD Published Date:
05/15/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE