Bug 655012 (CVE-2010-4178)

Summary:	CVE-2010-4178 mysql-gui-tools (mysql-administrator): Clear text password in the process list after user's launch of mysql text console
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED CANTFIX	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	dennis, pahan
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2010-11-19 11:03:32 UTC

Martin Drescher pointed out a deficiency in the way
mysql-administrator launched MySQL Text Console
after user's MySQL connection to the MySQL server. 
A local attacker could use this flaw to view the
password of the user, connected to the MySQL server, 
in the clear text form via the list of running processes.

References:
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/16/6
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/18/2

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2010-11-19 11:05:06 UTC

This issue affects the version of the mysql-gui-tools package,
as shipped with Fedora release of 12.

Please fix.

Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2010-11-19 11:26:18 UTC

Created mysql-gui-tools tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-12 [bug 655018]

Comment 4 Pavel Alexeev 2010-11-19 17:08:53 UTC

musql-gui-tools is dead package. It is not supported upstream many times and it is not Fedora start from 13. I do not want even see on it. Fedora 12 in few days reached EOL. So, I suggest close it.

Comment 5 Dennis Gilmore 2011-06-16 22:48:20 UTC

old package replaced by mysql-workbench