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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                    ESB-2008.0884 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux]
               phpMyAdmin security announcement PMASA-2008-7
                             23 September 2008

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              phpMyAdmin
Publisher:            phpMyAdmin
Operating System:     UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                      Windows
Impact:               Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access:               Existing Account
CVE Names:            CVE-2008-4096

Original Bulletin:  
  http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-7

Revision History:  September 23 2008: Added CVE Name
                   September 17 2008: Initial Release

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phpMyAdmin security announcement PMASA-2008-7

Announcement-ID: PMASA-2008-7
Date: 2008-09-15

Summary:
Code execution vulnerability

Description:
We received an advisory from Norman Hippert and we wish to thank him for 
his work. The server_databases.php script was vulnerable to an attack 
coming from a user who is already logged-on to phpMyAdmin, where he can 
execute shell code (if the PHP configuration permits commands like exec).

Severity:
We consider this vulnerability to be serious.

Affected versions:
Versions before 2.11.9.1.

Solution:
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.1 or newer.

References:

http://fd.the-wildcat.de/pma_e36a091q11.php

In case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin team. Our website is 
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/.


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