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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.0150 -- [Debian] New phpmyadmin packages fix arbitrary code execution 13 February 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: phpmyadmin Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2008-5621 Ref: ESB-2008.1147 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1723 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1723-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst February 11, 2009 http://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: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1-10.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 1021 9428b84187a0fc1c893e099987f746f6 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 3500563 f598509b308bf96aee836eb2338f523c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1-10.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 54951 8441cbf454016d4425dddaef569bbd21 Architecture independent packages: http://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 http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJJk0XOAAoJECIIoQCMVaAcpM0H/Au7C8amq2N1MsPR+EaF1sPS NeYjY1pEEmnJ7Pr9u4oizb5M3V9hYqWfsr6cU+pRnwvTLP2/aYJKdUltOymFvV2T TUnvGtuHDWLswSviiaZikqRrRKGqZJfDsqTwjKU8JeuDgBU173OKawv8n+408y6X cQlgzjLiOVIyqC41aoZx9ToraBoqtI8hQQoIgV/akH/jYNa0B7Lcb456+WozJXdr ZbtJFjn22vMoT8CHp/60ysCZhy1s0hV/SNXLUlxvsjG8IKmiLcYnPz8bDe5Hnzme KXH3QjMDbtBwikWkdf2B8Z0hdpJNRpLiHQ9PG6NPPZm55/hCtoRNFtbeStVqo8M= =tnTX - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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