--- dspam-3.6.8/debian/changelog
+++ dspam-3.6.8/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+dspam (3.6.8-5ubuntu1.2) gutsy-security; urgency=low
+
+  * SECURITY UPDATE: The libdspam7-drv-mysql cron job 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.
+  * debian/libdspam7-drv-mysql.cron.daily: applied patch from Debian to use a
+    password file instead.
+  * References
+     - LP: #195691
+     - CVE-2007-6418
+
+ -- Daniel Hahler <ubuntu@thequod.de>  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:58:09 +0100
+
 dspam (3.6.8-5ubuntu1.1) gutsy-proposed; urgency=low
 
   * debian/dspam.init: make sure directory for PIDFILE (/var/run/dspam) exists
--- dspam-3.6.8/debian/libdspam7-drv-mysql.cron.daily
+++ dspam-3.6.8/debian/libdspam7-drv-mysql.cron.daily
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 DSPAMCONF=/etc/dspam/dspam.conf
 MYSQLCONF=/etc/dspam/dspam.d/mysql.conf
 PURGE=/usr/share/doc/libdspam7-drv-mysql/purge-4.1.sql
+MYSQLCONF_PASSWD=/var/run/libdspam7-drv-mysql.cron.passwd
 
 if grep -q "^StorageDriver.*mysql_drv.so" $DSPAMCONF; then
   if [ -x /usr/bin/mysql ]; then
@@ -13,17 +14,25 @@
     MYSQL_DB="`grep "^MySQLDb" $MYSQLCONF | awk '{print $2}'`"
     MYSQL_HOST="`grep "^MySQLServer" $MYSQLCONF | awk '{print $2}'`"
 
+    UMASK_OLD="`umask`"
+    umask 077
+    [ -e "$MYSQLCONF_PASSWD" ] && rm "$MYSQLCONF_PASSWD"
+    echo -e "[client]\npassword=$MYSQL_PASS" > "$MYSQLCONF_PASSWD"
+    umask "$UMASK_OLD"
+
     # If host is empty or starting with a / assume it's localhost.
     if [ -z "$MYSQL_HOST" ] || [ ` echo "${MYSQL_HOST}" | cut -c1 ` = "/" ]; then
-        /usr/bin/mysql --user=$MYSQL_USER --password=$MYSQL_PASS $MYSQL_DB < $PURGE
+        /usr/bin/mysql --defaults-file=$MYSQLCONF_PASSWD --user=$MYSQL_USER $MYSQL_DB < $PURGE
     else
         if echo "$MYSQL_HOST" | grep "^/" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
             # Assume it is a socket:
-            /usr/bin/mysql --socket=$MYSQL_HOST --user=$MYSQL_USER --password=$MYSQL_PASS $MYSQL_DB < $PURGE
+            /usr/bin/mysql --defaults-file=$MYSQLCONF_PASSWD --socket=$MYSQL_HOST --user=$MYSQL_USER $MYSQL_DB < $PURGE
         else
-            /usr/bin/mysql --host=$MYSQL_HOST --user=$MYSQL_USER --password=$MYSQL_PASS $MYSQL_DB < $PURGE
+            /usr/bin/mysql --defaults-file=$MYSQLCONF_PASSWD --host=$MYSQL_HOST --user=$MYSQL_USER $MYSQL_DB < $PURGE
         fi
     fi
+
+    rm "$MYSQLCONF_PASSWD"
   fi
 fi