Detections
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Fedora 8 : phpMyAdmin-2.11.5.1-1.fc8 (2008-2825)
low Nessus Plugin ID 31745
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update addresses PMASA-2008-2 / CVE-2008-1567: phpMyAdmin upstream received an advisory from Jim Hermann: It saves sensitive information like the MySQL username and password and the Blowfish secret key in session data, which might be unprotected on a shared host.http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-2
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.
Solution
Update the affected phpMyAdmin package.See Also
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2008-2/
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 31745
File Name: fedora_2008-2825.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/4/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1567