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INFORMATION BULLETIN
phpMyAdmin Vulnerability
[Debian Security Advisory DSA-1403-1]
November 9, 2007 18:00 GMT Number S-048
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PROBLEM: There are several vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin, an application
to adminstrate MySQL, over the WWW.
PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) and 4.0 (etch)
DAMAGE: May allow a remote attacker to inject arbitrary web script or
HTML in the context of a logged in user's session (cross site
scripting).
SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version.
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VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. May allow a remote attacker to inject
ASSESSMENT: arbitrary web script or HTML in the context of a logged in
user's session (cross site scripting).
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LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-048.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1403
CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=
CVE-2007-5589 CVE-2007-5386
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Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1403-1 phpmyadmin -- missing input sanitising
Date Reported:
08 Nov 2007
Affected Packages:
phpmyadmin
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-5589, CVE-2007-5386.
More information:
Omer Singer of the DigiTrust Group discovered several vulnerabilities in
phpMyAdmin, an application to administrate MySQL over the WWW. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2007-5589
phpMyAdmin allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the
context of a logged in user's session (cross site scripting).
CVE-2007-5386
phpMyAdmin, when accessed by a browser that does not URL-encode requests, allows
remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string.
For the old stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4:2.6.2-3sarge6.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 4:2.9.1.1-6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4:2.11.1.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your phpmyadmin package.
Fixed in:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.6.2-3sarge6.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.6.2-3sarge6.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.6.2.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.6.2-3sarge6_all.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1-6.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1-6.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1-6_all.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
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information contained in this bulletin.
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