CVE-2013-2162: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: version 10.04 only; version 12.04 only; version 12.10 only; version 13.04 only

Published 2013-08-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.