GLSA 200805-02: phpMyAdmin: Information disclosure
| Severity: | low |
| Title: | phpMyAdmin: Information disclosure |
| Date: | 05/05/2008 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200805-02 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability in phpMyAdmin may lead to information disclosure.Background
phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL databases from a web-browser.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| dev-db/phpmyadmin | < 2.11.5.2 | >= 2.11.5.2 | All supported architectures |
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.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.5.2"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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