CVE-2004-0388 (GCVE-0-2004-0388)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-04-16 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:17
VLAI
Summary
The mysqld_multi script in MySQL allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/news-4-1-2.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-483 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-20.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-569.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.osvdb.org/6421 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10142 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2004-04-14 00:00
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