CVE-2013-2162

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2013-2162
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2013-08-19T13:07:40
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2014-01-14T04:24:44
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 1.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1909-1 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60424
http://secunia.com/advisories/54300 Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711600 Exploit
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/528
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2818
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2162
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2162
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:38:50 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 19:22:48 2013-08-19T13:07Z 2013-08-19T13:07:40 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 19:22:48 2014-01-14T04:24:44 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 19:22:48 Modified Vulnerability Status updated