phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.11.2, and 3.3.x before 3.3.9.1, does not properly handle the absence of the (1) README, (2) ChangeLog, and (3) LICENSE files, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via a direct request for a nonexistent file.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201201-01 (phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin. Please       review the CVE identifiers and phpMyAdmin Security Advisories referenced       below for details.
  Impact :

    Remote attackers might be able to insert and execute PHP code, include       and execute local PHP files, or perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)       attacks via various vectors.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Changes for 3.3.9.1 (2011-02-08)

  - [security] Path disclosure, see PMASA-2011-1

    -       http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-201       1-1.php

Changes for 3.3.9.2 (2011-02-11)

  - [security] SQL injection, see PMASA-2011-2

    -       http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-201       1-2.php

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
57433	GLSA-201201-01 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
52465	Fedora 14 : phpMyAdmin-3.3.9.2-1.fc14 (2011-1408)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
52464	Fedora 13 : phpMyAdmin-3.3.9.2-1.fc13 (2011-1373)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2011-0986

medium

Tenable Plugins

critical

medium

medium