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FreeBSD : phppgadmin -- 'formLanguage' local file inclusion vulnerability (88188a8c-eff6-11d9-8310-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19350

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A Secunia Advisory reports :

A vulnerability has been reported in phpPgAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the 'formLanguage' parameter in 'index.php' isn't properly verified, before it is used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local resources.

Successful exploitation requires that 'magic_quotes_gpc' is disabled.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8a8039fc

http://www.nessus.org/u?773d3655

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19350

File Name: freebsd_pkg_88188a8ceff611d983100001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Published: 8/1/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:phppgadmin, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2256

BID: 14142

Secunia: 15941