CVE-2013-2162

medium

Description

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60424

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2818

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1909-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/54300

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/528

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-08-19

Updated: 2014-01-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium