GLSA 200906-03: phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/29/2009
Bugs:	#263711
ID:	200906-03

Synopsis

Multiple errors in phpMyAdmin might allow the remote execution of arbitrary code or a Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Background

phpMyAdmin is a web-based management tool for MySQL databases.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/phpmyadmin	< 2.11.9.5	>= 2.11.9.5	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in phpMyAdmin:

Greg Ose discovered that the setup script does not sanitize input properly, leading to the injection of arbitrary PHP code into the configuration file (CVE-2009-1151).
Manuel Lopez Gallego and Santiago Rodriguez Collazo reported that data from cookies used in the "Export" page is not properly sanitized (CVE-2009-1150).

Impact

A remote unauthorized attacker could exploit the first vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running phpMyAdmin and conduct Cross-Site Scripting attacks using the second vulnerability.

Workaround

Removing the "scripts/setup.php" file protects you from CVE-2009-1151.

Resolution

All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.9.5"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-03.xml

Concerns?

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