<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200412-19"> <title>phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis> phpMyAdmin contains multiple vulnerabilities which could lead to file disclosure or command execution. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">phpmyadmin</product> <announced>2004-12-19</announced> <revised count="01">2004-12-19</revised> <bug>74303</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-db/phpmyadmin" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.6.1_rc1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.6.1_rc1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL databases from a web-browser. </p> </background> <description> <p> Nicolas Gregoire (exaprobe.com) has discovered two vulnerabilities that exist only on a webserver where PHP safe_mode is off. These vulnerabilities could lead to command execution or file disclosure. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p> On a system where external MIME-based transformations are enabled, an attacker can insert offensive values in MySQL, which would start a shell when the data is browsed. On a system where the UploadDir is enabled, read_dump.php could use the unsanitized sql_localfile variable to disclose a file. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> You can temporarily enable PHP safe_mode or disable external MIME-based transformation AND disable the UploadDir. But instead, we strongly advise to update your version to 2.6.1_rc1. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.1_rc1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1147">CAN-2004-1147</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1148">CAN-2004-1148</uri> <uri link="https://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2004-4">PHPMyAdmin advisory: PMASA-2004-4</uri> <uri link="http://www.exaprobe.com/labs/advisories/esa-2004-1213.html">Exaprobe.com advisory: esa-2004-1213</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-12-16T13:35:32Z"> SeJo </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-12-18T14:47:08Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>