CVE-2013-2162

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-08-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

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.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04

References

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
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

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