PHPMyAdmin Import_Blacklist Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

BID:15761

Info

PHPMyAdmin Import_Blacklist Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15761
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 07 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 15 2006 08:10PM
Credit: Stefan Esser of the Hardened-PHP Project is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.7 .0-beta1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.7
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.7 -pl1

Discussion

PHPMyAdmin Import_Blacklist Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

phpMyAdmin is prone to a vulnerability that permits an attacker to overwrite global variables.

An attacker can exploit this issue to overwrite the global variables with arbitrary input. Through control of the global variables, the attacker may be able to include arbitrary remote and local files depending on the current PHP version. Various other attacks are also possible.

Exploit / POC

PHPMyAdmin Import_Blacklist Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

PHPMyAdmin Import_Blacklist Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

Solution:

Gentoo has released advisory GLSA 200512-03 to address this and other issues. To obtain updates, execute the following commands:

emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.7.0_p1"

SUSE Linux has released security advisory SUSE-SA:2006:004 addressing this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

The vendor has released an update addressing this issue:


phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.7

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.7 .0-beta1

References

PHPMyAdmin Import_Blacklist Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

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