01 Record
CVE-2013-2162
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-08-19 00:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-02-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 971dd80f7f5727063ec9caaac44f5c865c09e3b95a789f48016e23c5ada73e47
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com54300http://secunia.com/advisories/54300
- www.debian.orgDSA-2818http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2818
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711600
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20130608 Re: CVE request: Debian's package "mysql-server" leaks credential informationhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/528
- www.securityfocus.com60424http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60424
- ubuntu.comUSN-1909-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1909-1