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CVE-2007-6303 Detail

Current Description

MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.51a, 5.1.x before 5.1.23, and 6.0.x before 6.0.4 does not update the DEFINER value of a view when the view is altered, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a sequence of statements including a CREATE SQL SECURITY DEFINER VIEW statement and an ALTER VIEW statement.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/09/2008)

This issue did not affect the mysql packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5. This issue affected the mysql packages as shipped in Red Hat Application Stack v1 and v2 and was addressed by RHSA-2007:1157: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1157.html

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=29908 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-52.html CVE, MITRE
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-23.html CVE, MITRE
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-4.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/502 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28025 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28063 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28739 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29443 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29706 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-04.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019085 CVE, MITRE
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0040 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:017 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1157.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487606/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26832 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-588-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4198 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38989 CVE, MITRE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2187 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

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-6303
NVD Published Date:
12/10/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE