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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-5969 Detail

Current Description

MySQL Community Server 5.0.x before 5.0.51, Enterprise Server 5.0.x before 5.0.52, Server 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and Server 6.0.x before 6.0.4, when a table relies on symlinks created through explicit DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite system table information and gain privileges via a RENAME TABLE statement that changes the symlink to point to an existing file.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.mysql.com/32111 CVE, MITRE
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html CVE, MITRE
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-51.html CVE, MITRE
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html CVE, MITRE
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3%2C186931%2C186931 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/495 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27981 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28025 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28040 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28063 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28099 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28108 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28128 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28343 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28559 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29706 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-04.xml CVE, MITRE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.428959 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1451 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:243 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1155.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1157.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486477/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26765 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019060 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4142 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4198 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0560/references CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1000/references CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1999 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10509 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/559-1/ CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00467.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00475.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5969
NVD Published Date:
12/10/2007
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE