- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1723-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst February 11, 2009 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : phpmyadmin Vulnerability : insufficient input sanitising Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-5621 Michael Brooks discovered that phpMyAdmin, a tool to administrate MySQL over the web, performs insufficient input sanitising allowing a user assisted remote attacker to execute code on the webserver. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.1.1-10. For the testing distribution (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.11.8.1-5. We recommend that you upgrade your phpmyadmin package. Upgrade instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - ------------------------------- Source archives: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1-10.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 1021 9428b84187a0fc1c893e099987f746f6 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 3500563 f598509b308bf96aee836eb2338f523c https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1-10.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 54951 8441cbf454016d4425dddaef569bbd21 Architecture independent packages: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1-10_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 3603132 538d80062d8fc4c009e0e0e01ffbacd4 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show' and https://packages.debian.org/
Debian: DSA-1723-1: New phpmyadmin packages fix arbitrary code execution
Michael Brooks discovered that phpMyAdmin, a tool to administrate MySQL over the web, performs insufficient input sanitising allowing a user assisted remote attacker to execute code on the webserver.
