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CVE-2010-2008

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-07-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 6.06, 8.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 (+1)
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 13
• MySQL Server: before 5.1.48 — fixed in 5.1.48

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MySQL Server 5.1.48. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=53804
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-48.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044546.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40333
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40762
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:155
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41198
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024160
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1017-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1918
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11869

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