CVE-2007-6418 (GCVE-0-2007-6418)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-12-18 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:02
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Summary
The libdspam7-drv-mysql cron job in Debian GNU/Linux includes the MySQL dspam database password in a command line argument, which might allow local users to read the password by listing the process and its arguments.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://osvdb.org/44138 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27938 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1501 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/29059 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448519 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2007-10-29 00:00
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