Bug 156077 – mysqlhotcopy is a security risk

Bug 156077 - mysqlhotcopy is a security risk

Summary:	mysqlhotcopy is a security risk

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 156076

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	mysql (Show other bugs)
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Version:	3
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Tom Lane
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	2005-04-27 08:26 EDT by Nigel Horne
Modified:	2013-07-02 23:05 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2005-04-27 10:20:47 EDT
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Description Nigel Horne 2005-04-27 08:26:21 EDT

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Description of problem:
Mysqlhotcopy allows any user to view valid login names and password for a MySQL database

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mysql-3.23.58-16.FC3.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run mysqlhotcopy on a large database
2. on another terminal run "ps -ef"
3. view an unencrypted username and password for the database
  

Actual Results:  unencrypted username and password for the database are seen

Expected Results:  The username and passwords should be read from a file that is not world readable

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Comment 1 Tom Lane 2005-04-27 10:20:47 EDT


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 156076 ***

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