Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54300
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2818
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711600
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/528
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60424
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1909-1
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.