[ GLSA 200512-03 ] phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities

[Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200512-03
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: December 11, 2005
      Bugs: #114662
        ID: 200512-03

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Synopsis
========

Multiple flaws in phpMyAdmin may lead to several XSS issues and local
and remote file inclusion vulnerabilities.

Background
==========

phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the
administration of MySQL over the web.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package            /  Vulnerable  /                    Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  dev-db/phpmyadmin     < 2.7.0_p1                      >= 2.7.0_p1

Description
===========

Stefan Esser from Hardened-PHP reported about multiple vulnerabilties
found in phpMyAdmin. The $GLOBALS variable allows modifying the global
variable import_blacklist to open phpMyAdmin to local and remote file
inclusion, depending on your PHP version (CVE-2005-4079, PMASA-2005-9).
Furthermore, it is also possible to conduct an XSS attack via the
$HTTP_HOST variable and a local and remote file inclusion because the
contents of the variable are under total control of the attacker
(CVE-2005-3665, PMASA-2005-8).

Impact
======

A remote attacker may exploit these vulnerabilities by sending
malicious requests, causing the execution of arbitrary code with the
rights of the user running the web server. The cross-site scripting
issues allow a remote attacker to inject and execute malicious script
code or to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, potentially
allowing unauthorized access to phpMyAdmin.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.7.0_p1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2005-3665
        http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3665
  [ 2 ] CVE-2005-4079
        http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4079
  [ 3 ] PMASA-2005-8
        http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2005-8
  [ 4 ] PMASA-2005-9
        http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2005-9
  [ 5 ] Hardened-PHP Advisory 25/2005
        http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_252005.110.html

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200512-03.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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