[debian-mysql] Bug#455010: CVE-2007-5969 possible to overwrite system table information

[Nico Golde]

Package: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Version: 5.0.32-7etch3
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for mysql-dfsg-5.0.

CVE-2007-5969[0]:
| Using RENAME TABLE against a table with explicit DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX
| DIRECTORY options can be used to overwrite system table information by
| replacing the file to which the symlink points.  MySQL will now return an error
| when the file to which the symlink points already exists.
| http://bugs.mysql.com/32111

This information is not yet on the mitre site but I guess you have access
to the bug report in the upstream BTS.

If you fix this vulnerability please also include the CVE id
in your changelog entry.

For further information:
[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5969

Kind regards
Nico

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