Code Injection in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2011-2506

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

setup/lib/ConfigGenerator.class.php in phpMyAdmin 3.x before 3.3.10.2 and 3.4.x before 3.4.3.1 does not properly restrict the presence of comment closing delimiters, which allows remote attackers to conduct static code injection attacks by leveraging the ability to modify the SESSION superglobal array.

How to mitigate CVE-2011-2506

Sources

• http://ha.xxor.se/2011/07/phpmyadmin-3x-multiple-remote-code.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062719.html
• http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin;a=commit;h=0fbedaf5fd7a771d0885c6b7385d934fc90d0d7f
• http://secunia.com/advisories/45139
• http://secunia.com/advisories/45292
• http://secunia.com/advisories/45315
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8306
• http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2011-008/
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2286
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17514/
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:124
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/29/11
• http://www.osvdb.org/73612
• http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-6.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518804/100/0/threaded
• http://www.xxor.se/advisories/phpMyAdmin_3.x_Multiple_Remote_Code_Executions.txt