CVE-2005-0004 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2005-0004?

CVE-2005-0004 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 20 Jan 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The mysqlaccess script in MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, 4.1.x before 4.1.10, 5.0.x before 5.0.3, and other versions including 3.x, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or read temporary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0004?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mariadb Mariadb, Oracle Mysql.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0004?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2005-0004 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0004 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DSA-647-1, GHSA-7f63-6j3v-p9vw.