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HistoryJan 22, 2006 - 12:00 a.m.

MySQL 5.0 information leak?

2006-01-2200:00:00
vulners.com
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Hi.

I just upgraded to mysql 5.0.18 and started using all those cool new
features. :)

But concerning VIEWs, I think the information_schema is too verbose to
the user. I started creating a VIEW that searches information from
several tables, mangles the data and gives the user a clean table with
his data. So far, so good.

But I only give the user access to this VIEW, so he cannot see what's
done to get his data from several tables.

SHOW CREATE VIEW myview;
does (correctly) result in an error that the user is not allowed to see
the CREATE VIEW.

But SELECT * FROM information_schema.views; returns the full query that
ceates the desired VIEW.

I think of this as a security issue because I have user accounts (nss)
that have publicly available credentials but noone should be able to
see how the database really is organized.

What do you think of this? Bug?

cu, Bernd


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