[ GLSA 200410-14 ] phpMyAdmin: Vulnerability in MIME-based transformation system

From: Thierry Carrez (koon_at_gentoo.org)
Date: 10/18/04

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    Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200410-14
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      Severity: High
         Title: phpMyAdmin: Vulnerability in MIME-based transformation
                system
          Date: October 18, 2004
          Bugs: #67409
            ID: 200410-14

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    Synopsis
    ========

    A vulnerability has been found in the MIME-based transformation system
    of phpMyAdmin, which may allow remote execution of arbitrary commands
    if PHP's "safe mode" is disabled.

    Background
    ==========

    phpMyAdmin is a popular web-based MySQL administration tool written in
    PHP. It allows users to browse and administer a MySQL database from a
    web-browser. Transformations are a phpMyAdmin feature allowing plug-ins
    to rewrite the contents of any column seen in phpMyAdmin's Browsing
    mode, including using insertion of PHP or JavaScript code.

    Affected packages
    =================

        -------------------------------------------------------------------
         Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
        -------------------------------------------------------------------
      1 dev-db/phpmyadmin < 2.6.0_p2 >= 2.6.0_p2

    Description
    ===========

    A defect was found in phpMyAdmin's MIME-based transformation system,
    when used with "external" transformations.

    Impact
    ======

    A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary
    commands on the server with the rights of the HTTP server user.

    Workaround
    ==========

    Enabling PHP safe mode ("safe_mode = On" in php.ini) may serve as a
    temporary workaround.

    Resolution
    ==========

    All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:

        # emerge sync

        # emerge -pv ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.0_p2"
        # emerge ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.0_p2"

    References
    ==========

      [ 1 ] phpMyAdmin 2.6.0_pl2 Release Announcement
            http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=414281
      [ 2 ] Secunia Advisory SA12813
            http://secunia.com/advisories/12813/

    Availability
    ============

    This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
    the Gentoo Security Website:

      http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-14.xml

    Concerns?
    =========

    Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
    confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
    importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
    security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
    http://bugs.gentoo.org.

    License
    =======

    Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
    belongs to its owner(s).

    The contents of this document are licensed under the
    Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0

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