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phpMyAdmin Username/Password Session File Information Disclosure Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA29613  
Release Date: 2008-03-31
Last Update: 2008-04-01

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

Software:phpMyAdmin 2.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1567 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Jim Hermann has discovered a vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, which can potentially be exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive information.

The MySQL username, password, and the Blowfish secret key are stored as plain text in session files. This can potentially be exploited e.g. by users on shared hosts to access that information.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.11.5 and reported in all previous versions.

Solution:
Update to version 2.11.5.1.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Jim Hermann

Changelog:
2008-04-01: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
PMASA-2008-2:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-2

Jim Hermann:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index....11&group_id=23067&atid=377408



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