Fedora 18 : phpMyAdmin-3.5.8.1-1.fc18 (2013-6977)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66365

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

phpMyAdmin 3.5.8.1 (2013-04-24) ===============================

- [security] Remote code execution (preg_replace), reported by Janek Vind (see PMASA-2013-2)

- [security] Locally Saved SQL Dump File Multiple File Extension Remote Code Execution, reported by Janek Vind (see PMASA-2013-3)

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Solution

Update the affected phpMyAdmin package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66365

File Name: fedora_2013-6977.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 5/10/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2013

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (phpMyAdmin Authenticated Remote Code Execution via preg_replace())

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-3238, CVE-2013-3239

BID: 59460, 59465

FEDORA: 2013-6977

Detections

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