Bug 203428 (CVE-2006-4226) - CVE-2006-4226 mysql-server create database privilege escalation
Summary: CVE-2006-4226 mysql-server create database privilege escalation
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2006-4226
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tom Lane
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-08-21 20:45 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2021-11-12 19:34 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 5.0.27-1.fc6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-11-28 02:20:13 UTC
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Description Josh Bressers 2006-08-21 20:45:04 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #203426 +++

Mysql upstream found a bug in the way the mysql server handles database
permissions when the server is run on a case sensitive filesystem.

This could allow a user who has been granted certain rights to do unexpected
things, such as creating a new database.

The upstream bug has more information:
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=17647
Comment 1 Mark J. Cox 2006-09-15 09:03:44 UTC 
Still needed
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