phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Updated March 03, 2005

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200503-07 / phpMyAdmin
Release Date	March 03, 2005
Latest Revision	May 22, 2006: 02
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
dev-db/phpmyadmin	< 2.6.1_p2-r1	>= 2.6.1_p2-r1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #83190, #83792

Synopsis

phpMyAdmin contains multiple vulnerabilities that could lead to command execution, XSS issues and bypass of security restrictions.

2. Impact Information

Background

phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL databases from a web-browser.

Description

phpMyAdmin contains several security issues:

Maksymilian Arciemowicz has discovered multiple variable injection vulnerabilities that can be exploited through "$cfg" and "GLOBALS" variables and localized strings
It is possible to force phpMyAdmin to disclose information in error messages
Failure to correctly escape special characters

Impact

By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker can include and execute arbitrary PHP code or cause path information disclosure. Furthermore the XSS issue allows an attacker to inject malicious script code, potentially compromising the victim's browser. Lastly the improper escaping of special characters results in unintended privilege settings for MySQL.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.1_p2-r1"

4. References