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title: "CVE-2007-6418\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-6418

Publication date 18 December 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The libdspam7-drv-mysql cron job in Debian GNU/Linux includes the MySQL
dspam database password in a command line argument, which might allow local
users to read the password by listing the process and its arguments.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dspam | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 3.6.8-5ubuntu1.2 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 3.6.8-4ubuntu1.2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 3.6.8-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 3.6.4-4ubuntu0.1 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6418)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6418)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-6418)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6418)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6418>