Description of problem: phpMyAdmin < 2.11.9.1 contains a not yet clearly documented security bug: "Welcome to this security update for phpMyAdmin 2.11.9. Details will follow on http://phpmyadmin.net. Marc Delisle, for the team" Additional info (http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php?relnotes=0): Fixes for 2.11.9.x: - bug #2031221 [auth] Links to version number on login screen - bug #2032707 [core] PMA does not start if ini_set() is disabled - bug #2004915 [bookmarks] Saved queries greater than 1000 chars not displayed - bug #2037381 [export] Export type "replace" does not work - bug #2037375 [export] DROP PROCEDURE needs IF EXISTS - bug #2045512 [export] Numbers in Excel export + [lang] Norwegian UTF-8 original file remerged - bug #2074250 [parser] Undefined variable seen_from - (2.11.9.1) [security] Code execution vulnerability
phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.1-1.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.1-1.fc8
phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.1-1.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.1-1.fc9
phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.1-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.1-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
CVE-2008-4096: libraries/database_interface.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a request to server_databases.php with a sort_by parameter containing PHP sequences, which are processed by create_function.
This issue was addressed in: Fedora: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-8269 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-8370
Upstream advisory: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-7