PMASA-2011-6
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2011-6
Date: 2011-07-02
Summary
Possible code injection in setup script in case session variables are compromised.
Description
An unsanitized key from the Servers array is written in a comment of the generated config. An attacker can modify this key by modifying the SESSION superglobal array. This allows the attacker to close the comment and inject code.
Severity
We consider this vulnerability to be non critical.
Affected Versions
The 3.4.3 and earlier versions are affected.
Unaffected Versions
Branch 2.11.x is not affected by this.
Solution
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 3.3.10.2 or 3.4.3.1 or apply the related patch listed below.
References
This issue was found by Frans Pehrson from Xxor AB. His advisory.
Assigned CVE IDs: CVE-2011-2506
Patches
The following commits have been made to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 3.3 branch to fix this issue:
More information
For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin security team at security@phpmyadmin.net.