Debian DSA-1723-1 : phpmyadmin - insufficient input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35664

Synopsis

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

Description

Michael Brooks discovered that phpMyAdmin, a tool to administrate MySQL over the web, performs insufficient input sanitising allowing a user assisted remote attacker to execute code on the webserver.

Solution

Upgrade the phpmyadmin package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.1.1-10.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1723

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35664

File Name: debian_DSA-1723.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/13/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5621

BID: 32720

CWE: 352

DSA: 1723