1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200410-14 / phpMyAdmin |
| Release Date | October 18, 2004 |
| Latest Revision | May 22, 2006: 02 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| dev-db/phpmyadmin | < 2.6.0_p2 | >= 2.6.0_p2 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #67409
A vulnerability has been found in the MIME-based transformation system of phpMyAdmin, which may allow remote execution of arbitrary commands if PHP's "safe mode" is disabled.
phpMyAdmin is a popular web-based MySQL administration tool written in PHP. It allows users to browse and administer a MySQL database from a web-browser. Transformations are a phpMyAdmin feature allowing plug-ins to rewrite the contents of any column seen in phpMyAdmin's Browsing mode, including using insertion of PHP or JavaScript code.
A defect was found in phpMyAdmin's MIME-based transformation system, when used with "external" transformations.
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the server with the rights of the HTTP server user.
Enabling PHP safe mode ("safe_mode = On" in php.ini) may serve as a temporary workaround.
All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge sync # emerge -pv ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.0_p2" # emerge ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.0_p2" |