Information disclosure in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2019-6799
Published: January 28, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17236
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6799
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to mysql.allow_local_infile is enabled by default when using the 'mysql' extension. A remote attacker can use a rogue MySQL server when AllowArbitraryServer configuration set to true to read any file on the server that the web server's user can access.
Affected software
phpMyAdmin
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
phpmyadmin (Ubuntu package)
phpMyAdmin
Opensuse
Ubuntu
Fedora
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
phpmyadmin (Ubuntu package)
phpMyAdmin
Opensuse
Ubuntu
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6799
Update to version 4.8.5.
phpMyAdmin - update to 4.8.5
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 4.8.5-r0
phpmyadmin (Ubuntu package) - update to 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 4.8.5-1.fc28, 4.8.5-1.fc29
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 4.8.5-r0
phpmyadmin (Ubuntu package) - update to 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 4.8.5-1.fc28, 4.8.5-1.fc29