Access Restriction Bypass Affecting php package, versions <0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PHP-9844889
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed13 Mar 2008

Introduced: 13 Mar 2008

CVE-2008-2079  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 php to version 0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2008:0510.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php package and not the php package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.24, 5.0.x before 5.0.60, 5.1.x before 5.1.24, and 6.0.x before 6.0.5 allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a MyISAM table with modified (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY arguments that are within the MySQL home data directory, which can point to tables that are created in the future.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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