Debian DLA-1692-1 : phpmyadmin security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122490

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

An information leak issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An attacker can read any file on the server that the web server's user can access.
This is related to the mysql.allow_local_infile PHP configuration.
When the AllowArbitraryServer configuration setting is set to false (default), the attacker needs a local MySQL account. When set to true, the attacker can exploit this with the use of a rogue MySQL server.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your phpmyadmin packages.

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected phpmyadmin package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122490

File Name: debian_DLA-1692.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/28/2019

Updated: 6/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6799

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6799

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