National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4031
Original release date:08/09/2006
Last revised:04/08/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
MySQL 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 5.0.24 allows a local user to access a table through a previously created MERGE table, even after the user's privileges are revoked for the original table, which might violate intended security policy.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Solution
This vulnerability is addressed in the following product releases:
MySQL, MySQL, 4.1.21
MySQL, MySQL, 5.0.24 }
- Official Statement from Red Hat (07/25/2008)
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This issue was corrected in all affected mysql packages versions as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Red Hat Application Stack via:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/CVE-2006-4031.html
This issue did not affect mysql packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-072A
Name: TA07-072A
External Source: BID
Name: 19279
Type: Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3079
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016617
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21259
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-24.html
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-21.html
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=15195
Type: Patch Information
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0768
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0364
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30351
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-568
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-338-1
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0083
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2006:023
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:149
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-0930
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31226
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 24479
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22080
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21770
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21685
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21627
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21382
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2007-03-13
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:149
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214