Re: CVE request: Debian's package "mysql-server" leaks credential information

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg () fifthhorseman net>]

On 06/08/2013 07:00 AM, gremlin () gremlin ru wrote:

> That's not a security issue, but a misconfiguration

I consider this a security bug in the debian package's maintainer
scripts: it is a race condition that leaks confidential information to a
user who "wins" the race.  It is *not* a misconfiguration; it is a bug
with security implications.

> (alas, very common for Deb*an packages)

If you know of more bugs like this, please report them with an e-mail to
submit () bugs debian org with the first line "Package: FOO" (where "FOO"
is replaced by the name of the buggy package).  Thanks!

> so at least I doubt that deserves a CVE.

I respectfully disagree; if an upstream package leaks confidential
information to an adversary who "wins" a race, that is a bug which
deserves a CVE.  Debian packaging bugs should be held to the same standard.

Regards,

        --dkg (i am a member of the debian project)

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