PMASA-2011-12
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2011-12
Date: 2011-07-23
Updated: 2011-07-25
Summary
Possible superglobal and local variables manipulation in swekey authentication.
Description
It was possible to manipulate the PHP superglobals (including SESSION) using some of the Swekey authentication code. Also, variables local to the affected Swekey function were at risk. This is similar to PMASA-2011-5.
Severity
We consider this vulnerability to be critical.
Mitigation factor
The Swekey authentication mechanism must be activated (which is not a requirement in the case of PMASA-2011-5).
Affected Versions
The 3.4.3.1 and earlier versions are affected.
Unaffected Versions
Branch 2.11.x is not affected by this.
Solution
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 3.3.10.3 or 3.4.3.2 or apply the related patch listed below.
References
This issue was found by Frans Pehrson from Xxor AB.His advisory.
Assigned CVE IDs: CVE-2011-2719
Patches
The following commits have been made to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 3.3 branch to fix this issue:
More information
For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin security team at security@phpmyadmin.net.