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.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2013-08-19T00:00:00
Updated: 2014-01-08T19:57:00
Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2013-2162
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2013-08-19T13:07:40.867
Modified: 2014-01-14T04:24:44.933
Link: CVE-2013-2162
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