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CVE-2013-2162

Date: August 18, 2013

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60424
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2162
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/528
http://secunia.com/advisories/54300
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2818
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711600
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1909-1
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-2162

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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