GLSA-200805-02 : phpMyAdmin: Information disclosure

low Nessus Plugin ID 32150

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200805-02 (phpMyAdmin: Information disclosure)

Cezary Tomczak reported that an undefined UploadDir variable exposes an information disclosure vulnerability when running on shared hosts.
Impact :

A remote attacker with CREATE TABLE permissions can exploit this vulnerability via a specially crafted HTTP POST request in order to read arbitrary files.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.5.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200805-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 32150

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200805-02.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 5/9/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1924

CWE: 200

GLSA: 200805-02