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phpMyAdmin Shared Host Information Disclosure Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA29944  
Release Date: 2008-04-23
Last Update: 2008-04-25

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:phpMyAdmin 1.x
phpMyAdmin 2.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1924 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in phpMyAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be exploited to disclose arbitrary files via a specially crafted HTTP POST request.

Successful exploitation requires a certain level of access e.g. on a shared host.

The vulnerability is reported in all versions prior to 2.11.5.2.

Solution:
Update to version 2.11.5.2.

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Cezary Tomczak.

Changelog:
2008-04-25: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
PMASA-2008-3:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-3



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