Vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
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.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 12.10
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)