CVE-2007-2691

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

MySQL before 4.1.23, 5.0.x before 5.0.42, and 5.1.x before 5.1.18 does not require the DROP privilege for RENAME TABLE statements, which allows remote authenticated users to rename arbitrary tables.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 6.06, 6.10, 7.04
Debian Linux: 3.1, 4.0
Mysql: through 4.1.22; from 5.0 before 5.0.42; from 5.1 before 5.1.18 — fixed in 5.0.42, 5.1.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mysql 5.0.42, 5.1.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27515
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-18.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/470
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/34766
http://secunia.com/advisories/25301
http://secunia.com/advisories/25946
http://secunia.com/advisories/26073
http://secunia.com/advisories/26430
http://secunia.com/advisories/27155
http://secunia.com/advisories/27823

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