CVE-2013-2162 Information

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.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711600 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/528 http://secunia.com/advisories/54300 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1909-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2818 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60424