| Name | CVE-2013-2162 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-75-1, DSA-2818-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 711600 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mysql-5.5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.5.62-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[squeeze] - mysql-5.1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue, can be included in a future DSA)