GLSA 200504-30: phpMyAdmin: Insecure SQL script installation

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Severity:	normal
Title:	phpMyAdmin: Insecure SQL script installation
Date:	04/30/2005
Bugs:	#88831
ID:	200504-30

Synopsis

phpMyAdmin leaves the SQL install script with insecure permissions, potentially leading to a database compromise.

Background

phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL databases from a web-browser. phpMyAdmin uses a pma MySQL user to control the linked-tables infrastructure. The SQL install script sets the initial password for the pma user.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/phpmyadmin	< 2.6.2-r1	>= 2.6.2-r1	All supported architectures

Description

The phpMyAdmin installation process leaves the SQL install script with insecure permissions.

Impact

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the initial phpMyAdmin password and from there obtain information about databases accessible by phpMyAdmin.

Workaround

Change the password for the phpMyAdmin MySQL user (pma):

    mysql -u root -p
    SET PASSWORD FOR 'pma'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('MyNewPassword');

Update your phpMyAdmin config.inc.php:


    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass']   = 'MyNewPassword';

Resolution

All phpMyAdmin users should change password for the pma user as described above and upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.2-r1"

References

CVE-2005-1392

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-30.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 https://bugs.gentoo.org.