Input validation error in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2011-0986
Published: February 15, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45321
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0986
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.11.2, and 3.3.x before 3.3.9.1, does not properly handle the absence of the (1) README, (2) ChangeLog, and (3) LICENSE files, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via a direct request for a nonexistent file.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-0986
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054349.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054355.html
- http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin;a=commit;h=035d002db1e1201e73e560d7d98591563b506a83
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43478
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:026
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-1.php
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0385
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65424