Re: CVE Request -- phpMyAdmin -- Arbitrary local file read flaw by loading XML strings / importing XML files

[Kurt Seifried <kseifried () redhat com>]

On 11/03/2011 09:01 AM, Jan Lieskovsky wrote:
> Hello Kurt, Steve, vendors, phpMyAdmin Security Team,
>
>   a local file inclusion flaw was found in the way XML import plug-in of
> phpMyAdmin, a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration
> of MySQL over the World Wide Web, performed import of malformed XML
> files. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted XML file,
> which once imported into the phpMyAdmin service instance would lead to
> arbitrary local file (accessible with the privileges of the phpMyAdmin
> user) read / retrieval.
>
> References:
> [1] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Nov/21
> [2] http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-03185
> [3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=751112
>
> Could you allocate a CVE id for this?
>
> Thank you && Regards, Jan.
> -- 
> Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team
>
> P.S.: Cc-ed phpMyAdmin security team to clarify upstream patch status.
Please use CVE-2011-4107 for this issue.

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-Kurt Seifried / Red Hat Security Response Team