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Date: Thu Jul 27 2006 - 01:18:01 CDT

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DETAILS:
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The /etc/init.d/mysql script lists the root password of MySQL database:
 
-"INPUT_DB_PASSWORD=mysql123"
 -"bin/mysqladmin -uroot -pmysql123 shutdown"
 
The file permission of file /etc/init.d/mysql will allow all users with a login to the NAS server to view the root password for the database.

The current permissions are :
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1856 Jul 22 10:43 mysql

WORKAROUND:
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Change the file permissions of /etc/init.d/mysql to limit read/write and execute to the appropriate user (eg. root).

STEPS:
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1. Login in to NAS server as root;

2. Change file permissions :
#chmod 700 /etc/init.d/mysql

3. Verify changes to file permissions :
#ls -l /etc/init.d/mysql
 
The file should have the following permissions:

-rwx------ 1 root root 1856 Jul 22 10:43 mysql

NOTES:
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NAS versions that run on Windows are not affected.

NAS versions, that run on Linux/Solaris and use
Oracle/SQL Server as their databases are not affected.

NAS versions, that run on Linux/Solaris and use MySQL installed on a host different from the core server are not affected.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
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Please contact security-alert AT opsware dot com, if you require additional information.

Network Automation System Engineering
Opsware, Inc.

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