CVE-2013-2162

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.

CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

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CVSS v2.0 : LOW

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:::::*

Information

Published : 2013-08-19 06:07

Updated : 2014-01-13 20:24

NVD link : CVE-2013-2162

Mitre link : CVE-2013-2162

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CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

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