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Fedora 9 : phpMyAdmin-2.11.8.1-1.fc9 (2008-6868)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 33769
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update solves PMASA-2008-6 (phpMyAdmin security announcement) from 2008-07-28: Cross-site Framing; XSS in setup.php; see http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-6 - [interface] Table list pagination in navi - [profiling] Profiling causes query to be executed again (really causes a problem in case of INSERT/UPDATE) - [import] SQL file import very slow on Windows - [XHTML] problem with tabindex and radio fields - [interface] tabindex not set correctly - [views] VIEW name created via the GUI was not protected with backquotes - [interface] Deleting multiple views (space in name) - [parser] SQL parser removes essential space - [export] CSV for MS Excel incorrect escaping of double quotes - [interface] Font size option problem when no config file - [relation] Relationship view should check for changes - [history] Do not save too big queries in history - [security] Do not show version info on login screen - [import] Potential data loss on import resubmit - [export] Safari and timedate - [import, export] Import/Export fails because of Mac files - [security] protection against cross- frame scripting and new directive AllowThirdPartyFraming - [security] possible XSS during setup - [interface] revert language changing problem introduced with 2.11.7.1 phpMyAdmin 2.11.8.1 is a bugfix-only version containing normal bug fixes and two security fixes. This version is identical to 2.11.8, except it includes a fix for a notice about 'lang'.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-2008-6/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 33769
File Name: fedora_2008-6868.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 7/31/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3456, CVE-2008-3457
BID: 30420