phpMyAdmin: Information disclosure

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200805-02 / phpmyadmin
Release Date	May 05, 2008
Latest Revision	May 05, 2008: 01
Impact	low
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
dev-db/phpmyadmin	< 2.11.5.2	>= 2.11.5.2	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #219005

Synopsis

A vulnerability in phpMyAdmin may lead to information disclosure.

2. Impact Information

Background

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

Description

Cezary Tomczak reported that an undefined UploadDir variable exposes an information disclosure vulnerability when running on shared hosts.

Impact

A remote attacker with CREATE TABLE permissions can exploit this vulnerability via a specially crafted HTTP POST request in order to read arbitrary files.

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-2.11.5.2"

4. References

CVE-2008-1924

Page updated May 05, 2008

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