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Fedora 8 : phpPgAdmin-4.2.2-1.fc8 (2008-11576)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35234

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This release fixes some bugs, and also fixes a security issue: * Fix bug where long SQL queries get truncated * Fix createFunction method on PostgreSQL < 7.3 * Fix bug with alter schema in PostgreSQL < 7.4 * Remove alter domain for PostgreSQL < 7.4 * Fix local file inclusion vulnerability: (CVE-2008-5587) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670/ Unset language variable before determine file includes

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Solution

Update the affected phpPgAdmin package.

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476823

http://www.nessus.org/u?da85dbd3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35234

File Name: fedora_2008-11576.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/21/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:phppgadmin, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5587

BID: 32670

CWE: 22

FEDORA: 2008-11576