Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1693-2 phppgadmin -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
27 Dec 2008
Affected Packages:
phppgadmin
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 427151, Bug 449103, Bug 508026.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-2865, CVE-2007-5728, CVE-2008-5587.
More information:

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpPgAdmin, a tool to administrate PostgreSQL database over the web. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2007-2865

    Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the server parameter.

  • CVE-2007-5728

    Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via PHP_SELF.

  • CVE-2008-5587

    Directory traversal vulnerability allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via _language parameter.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.1-3.1etch2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4.2.1-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your phppgadmin package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phppgadmin/phppgadmin_4.0.1.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phppgadmin/phppgadmin_4.0.1-3.1etch2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phppgadmin/phppgadmin_4.0.1-3.1etch2.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phppgadmin/phppgadmin_4.0.1-3.1etch2_all.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.