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TITLE:
MySQL MyISAM Table Privilege Check Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30134

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30134/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
MySQL 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/8355/
MySQL 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/404/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in MySQL, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The problem is that it is possible to bypass certain privilege checks
by creating a MyISAM table with certain DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX
DIRECTORY options to overwrite existing table files in the MySQL data
directory.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 4.1.24 and
5.0.60.

SOLUTION:
MySQL 5.0:
Update to version 5.0.60 [MRU].

MySQL 4.x:
Update to version 4.1.24 .

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Sergei Golubchik

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MySQL:
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-60.html

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