Debian DSA-2391-1 : phpmyadmin - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57621

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin, a tool to administer MySQL over the web. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2011-4107 The XML import plugin allowed a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references.

- CVE-2011-1940, CVE-2011-3181 Cross site scripting was possible in the table tracking feature, allowing a remote attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by these problems.

Solution

Upgrade the phpmyadmin packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 4:3.3.7-7.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57621

File Name: debian_DSA-2391.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/23/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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: 1/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1940, CVE-2011-3181, CVE-2011-4107

BID: 49306, 50497

DSA: 2391

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