FKIE_CVE-2007-6418

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-12-18 00:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:48
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448519
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/44138
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29059
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1501
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27938
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448519
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/44138
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29059
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1501
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27938
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux *
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