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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] CVE request: MySQL incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079
From:       "Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus ! mitre ! org>
Date:       2008-09-16 0:53:40
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.51.0809152052550.6953 () faron ! mitre ! org
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On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, Tomas Hoger wrote:

> Devin Carraway of Debian noticed, that the upstream fix can be defeated
> by local users via directory symlinks:
>
>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480292#25

Use CVE-2008-4097

> Which is also possible to defeat, as described by Devin in the upstream
> bug report related to the original issue:
>
>   http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32167
>   comment dated with "[18 Jul 9:43]"

Use CVE-2008-4098

- Steve
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