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

[gremlin () gremlin ru]

On 08-Jun-2013 13:28:28 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor 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

Package post-install scripts are closer to configuration.

> > (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!

I know lots (even for MySQL, which we are discussing, I can recall
at least mysqldump producing trash, or several replication issues),
but I don't want to waste my time.

P.S.: http://pics.rsh.ru/img/debipoke_demo_itnrnj4r.png :-)


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