CVE-2013-2162 (GCVE-0-2013-2162)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-08-19 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:27
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Summary
Race condition in the post-installation script (mysql-server-5.5.postinst) for MySQL Server 5.5 for Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu Linux creates a configuration file with world-readable permissions before restricting the permissions, which allows local users to read the file and obtain sensitive information such as credentials.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/54300 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2818 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711600 x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/528 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60424 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1909-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2013-06-08 00:00
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