CVE-2010-2008
lowpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.090 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
MySQL before 5.1.48 allows remote authenticated users with alter database privileges to cause a denial of service (server crash and database loss) via an ALTER DATABASE command with a #mysql50# string followed by a . (dot), .. (dot dot), ../ (dot dot slash) or similar sequence, and an UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY NAME command, which causes MySQL to move certain directories to the server data directory.
cvss
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weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-14537Oracle MySQL - 'ALTER DATABASE' Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (10)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (24)
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- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=53804enisa_euvd
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-48.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044546.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40333enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40762enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:155enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41198enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024160enisa_euvd
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