GLSA 200510-16: phpMyAdmin: Local file inclusion vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	phpMyAdmin: Local file inclusion vulnerability
Date:	10/17/2005
Bugs:	#108939
ID:	200510-16

Synopsis

phpMyAdmin contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the web.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/phpmyadmin	< 2.6.4_p2	>= 2.6.4_p2	All supported architectures

Description

Maksymilian Arciemowicz reported that in libraries/grab_globals.lib.php, the $__redirect parameter was not correctly validated. Systems running PHP in safe mode are not affected.

Impact

A local attacker may exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests, causing the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the web server.

Workaround

Run PHP in safe mode.

Resolution

All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.4_p2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-16.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.