phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background

phpMyAdmin is a web-based management tool for MySQL databases.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in phpMyAdmin:

• Greg Ose discovered that the setup script does not sanitize input properly, leading to the injection of arbitrary PHP code into the configuration file (CVE-2009-1151).
• Manuel Lopez Gallego and Santiago Rodriguez Collazo reported that data from cookies used in the “Export” page is not properly sanitized (CVE-2009-1150).

Impact

A remote unauthorized attacker could exploit the first vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running phpMyAdmin and conduct Cross-Site Scripting attacks using the second vulnerability.

Workaround

Removing the “scripts/setup.php” file protects you from CVE-2009-1151.

Resolution

All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.9.5"