FreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- XSRF and man-in-the-middle vulnerabilities (c6e31869-f99f-11e4-9f91-6805ca0b3d42)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83441

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Synopsis

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

Description

The phpMyAdmin development team reports :

XSRF/CSRF vulnerability in phpMyAdmin setup.

By deceiving a user to click on a crafted URL, it is possible to alter the configuration file being generated with phpMyAdmin setup.

This vulnerability only affects the configuration file generation process and does not affect the effective configuration file.
Moreover, the configuration file being generated is at risk only during the period when it's writable.

Vulnerability allowing man-in-the-middle attack on API call to GitHub.

A vulnerability in the API call to GitHub can be exploited to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.

We consider this vulnerability to be serious.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83441

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c6e31869f99f11e49f916805ca0b3d42.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3902, CVE-2015-3903

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