CVE-2013-2162

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.

Impact & exploitability

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://secunia.com/advisories/54300Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1909-1Advisory
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/528
• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2818
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60424
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711600Exploit