DSA-1207-2 phpmyadmin -- several vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-1678   CVE-2006-2418   CVE-2005-3621   CVE-2005-3665   CVE-2006-5116  

The phpmyadmin update in DSA 1207 introduced a regression. This update corrects this flaw. For completeness, please find below the original advisory text: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin, a program to administrate MySQL over the web. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2005-3621 CRLF injection vulnerability allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP response splitting attacks. CVE-2005-3665 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) HTTP_HOST variable and (2) various scripts in the libraries directory that handle header generation. CVE-2006-1678 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via scripts in the themes directory. CVE-2006-2418 A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the db parameter of footer.inc.php. CVE-2006-5116 A remote attacker could overwrite internal variables through the _FILES global variable. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.2-3sarge3. For the upcoming stable release (etch) and unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.0.3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your phpmyadmin package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1207-2 phpmyadmin -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
09 Nov 2006
Affected Packages:
phpmyadmin
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 339437, Bug 340438, Bug 362567, Bug 368082, Bug 391090.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-1678, CVE-2006-2418, CVE-2005-3621, CVE-2005-3665, CVE-2006-5116.
More information:

The phpmyadmin update in DSA 1207 introduced a regression. This update corrects this flaw. For completeness, please find below the original advisory text:

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

  • CVE-2005-3621

    CRLF injection vulnerability allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP response splitting attacks.

  • CVE-2005-3665

    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) HTTP_HOST variable and (2) various scripts in the libraries directory that handle header generation.

  • CVE-2006-1678

    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via scripts in the themes directory.

  • CVE-2006-2418

    A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the db parameter of footer.inc.php.

  • CVE-2006-5116

    A remote attacker could overwrite internal variables through the _FILES global variable.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.2-3sarge3.

For the upcoming stable release (etch) and unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.0.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your phpmyadmin package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.6.2-3sarge3.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.6.2-3sarge3.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.6.2.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.6.2-3sarge3_all.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the revised advisory.