Debian DSA-1918-1 : phpmyadmin - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 44783

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin, a tool to administer MySQL over the web. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2009-3696 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted MySQL table name.

- CVE-2009-3697 SQL injection vulnerability in the PDF schema generator functionality allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This issue does not apply to the version in Debian 4.0 Etch.

Additionally, extra fortification has been added for the web-based setup.php script. Although the shipped web server configuration should ensure that this script is protected, in practice this turned out not always to be the case. The config.inc.php file is not writable anymore by the webserver user. See README.Debian for details on how to enable the setup.php script if and when you need it.

Solution

Upgrade the phpmyadmin package.

For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.1.1-13.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 2.11.8.1-5+lenny3.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=552194

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3696

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3697

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1918

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44783

File Name: debian_DSA-1918.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3696, CVE-2009-3697

BID: 36658

CWE: 79, 89

DSA: 1918