[ GLSA 200504-30 ] phpMyAdmin: Insecure SQL script installation

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-30
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Severity: Normal
Title: phpMyAdmin: Insecure SQL script installation
Date: April 30, 2005
Bugs: #88831
ID: 200504-30

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Synopsis
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phpMyAdmin leaves the SQL install script with insecure permissions,
potentially leading to a database compromise.

Background
==========

phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the
administration of MySQL databases from a web-browser. phpMyAdmin uses a
pma MySQL user to control the linked-tables infrastructure. The SQL
install script sets the initial password for the pma user.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-db/phpmyadmin < 2.6.2-r1 >= 2.6.2-r1

Description
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The phpMyAdmin installation process leaves the SQL install script with
insecure permissions.

Impact
======

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the initial
phpMyAdmin password and from there obtain information about databases
accessible by phpMyAdmin.

Workaround
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Change the password for the phpMyAdmin MySQL user (pma):

mysql -u root -p
SET PASSWORD FOR 'pma'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('MyNewPassword');

Update your phpMyAdmin config.inc.php:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = 'MyNewPassword';

Resolution
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All phpMyAdmin users should change password for the pma user as
described above and upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.2-r1"

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-30.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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