[ GLSA 200803-15 ] phpMyAdmin: SQL injection vulnerability

[Pierre-Yves Rofes <py () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-15
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  Severity: Low
     Title: phpMyAdmin: SQL injection vulnerability
      Date: March 09, 2008
      Bugs: #212000
        ID: 200803-15

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Synopsis
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A SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered in phpMyAdmin.

Background
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phpMyAdmin is a free web-based database administration tool.

Affected packages
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     Package            /  Vulnerable  /                    Unaffected
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  1  dev-db/phpmyadmin      < 2.11.5                         >= 2.11.5

Description
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Richard Cunningham reported that phpMyAdmin uses the $_REQUEST variable
of $_GET and $_POST as a source for its parameters.

Impact
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An attacker could entice a user to visit a malicious web application
that sets an "sql_query" cookie and is hosted on the same domain as
phpMyAdmin, and thereby conduct SQL injection attacks with the
privileges of the user authenticating in phpMyAdmin afterwards.

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"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2008-1149
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1149

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-200803-15.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
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