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AA-2009.0063                  AUSCERT Advisory

                             [Win][UNIX/Linux]
                 Two vulnerabilities patched in phpMyAdmin
                               27 March 2009
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        AusCERT Advisory Summary
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Product:              phpMyAdmin
Operating System:     UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                      Windows
Impact:               Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
                      Cross-site Scripting
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:            CVE-2009-1148 CVE-2009-1149 CVE-2009-1150
                      CVE-2009-1151
Member content until: Wednesday, April 22 2009

Revision History:     March 27 2009: Added CVE References
                      March 25 2009: Initial Release

OVERVIEW:

      An updated version of phpMyAdmin has been released, correcting two 
      security vulnerabilities.


IMPACT:

      Insufficiently sanitised cookies used by the export page could be used 
      for cross-site scripting. [1]

      An attacker can include arbritrary PHP code within a manipulated POST
      request to deceive a setup script used to generate configuration. [2]     


MITIGATION:

      It is recommended to upgrade to phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.5 or 3.1.3.1 from
      the following location:
        http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php

      Alternatively, apply the patches as follows:

      For version 2.11.9.5
        http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin?view=rev&revision=12302
        
      For version 3.1.3.1
        http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin?view=rev&revision=12301
        

REFERENCES:

      [1] PMASA-2009-2
          http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2009-2.php

      [2] PMASA-2009-3
          http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2009-3.php

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