CVE-2004-0957

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-02-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unknown vulnerability in MySQL 3.23.58 and earlier, when a local user has privileges for a database whose name includes a "_" (underscore), grants privileges to other databases that have similar names, which can allow the user to conduct unauthorized activities.

Affected products

Openpkg: 2.1, 2.2, current
MySQL Server: 3.20, 3.20.32a, 3.21, 3.22, 3.22.26, 3.22.27 (+74)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 3.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0
Suse Linux: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
Trustix Secure Linux: 1.5, 2.0, 2.1
Ubuntu Linux: 4.1

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000947
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-707
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:070
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-597.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-611.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17783
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-32-1/
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000947
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-018.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-707
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:070

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