A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - phpMyAdmin: Information disclosure. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-02
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: phpMyAdmin: Information disclosure
Date: May 05, 2008
Bugs: #219005
ID: 200805-02
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in phpMyAdmin may lead to information disclosure.
Background
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phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the
administration of MySQL databases from a web-browser.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-db/phpmyadmin < 2.11.5.2 >= 2.11.5.2
Description
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Cezary Tomczak reported that an undefined UploadDir variable exposes an
information disclosure vulnerability when running on shared hosts.
Impact
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A remote attacker with CREATE TABLE permissions can exploit this
vulnerability via a specially crafted HTTP POST request in order to
read arbitrary files.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.5.2"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-1924
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1924
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-02.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
