CVE-2010-4177

mysql-gui-tools (mysql-query-browser and mysql-admin) before 5.0r14+openSUSE-2.3 exposes the password of a user connected to the MySQL server in clear text form via the list of running processes.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/102.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/117.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/383.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/477.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/65.html

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97959
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4177
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605542
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4177
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4177
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/16/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97959
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4177
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605542
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4177
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4177
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/16/6