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CVE-2006-4226 Detail

Description

MySQL before 4.1.21, 5.0 before 5.0.25, and 5.1 before 5.1.12, when run on case-sensitive filesystems, allows remote authenticated users to create or access a database when the database name differs only in case from a database for which they have permissions.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Evaluator Solution

Successful exploitation requires that MySQL runs on a system with a file system supporting case-sensitive file names. This vulnerability is addresses in the following product releases: MySQL, MySQL, 4.1.21 MySQL, MySQL, 5.0.25 MySQL, MySQL, 5.1.12

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/19/2006)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203426 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/ This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=17647 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch 
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-25.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.mysql.com/commits/5927 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21506 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21627 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21762 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22080 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/24744 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016710 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1169 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:149 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0083.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0152.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19559 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3306 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28448 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10729 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-4226
NVD Published Date:
08/18/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE