GSD-2013-2162

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22
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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.
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CVE-2013-2162
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