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Date:      Fri,  6 Mar 2009 00:21:08 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Eygene Ryabinkin <rea-fbsd@codelabs.ru>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/132346: [vuxml] document CVE-2008-5587 in PHPPgAdmin
Message-ID:  <20090305212108.B829CB8041@phoenix.codelabs.ru>
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>Number:         132346
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       [vuxml] document CVE-2008-5587 in PHPPgAdmin
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 05 21:50:01 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Eygene Ryabinkin
>Release:        FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE amd64
>Organization:
Code Labs
>Environment:

System: FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE amd64

>Description:

PHPPgAdmin <= 4.2.1 is prone to the directory traversal and arbitrary file
disclosure when register_globals is enabled.

>How-To-Repeat:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5587

>Fix:

The following VuXML entry should be evaluated and added:
--- vuln.xml begins here ---
  <vuln vid="772ee0c6-09c3-11de-9a16-001fc66e7203">
    <topic>phppgadmin -- directory traversal with register_globals enabled</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
        <name>phppgadmin</name>
        <range><lt>4.2.2</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">;
        <p>Secunia reports:</p>
        <blockquote
          cite="http://secunia.com/advisories/33014">;
          <p>Dun has discovered a vulnerability in phpPgAdmin, which can
          be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
          information.</p>
          <p>Input passed via the "_language" parameter to
          libraries/lib.inc.php is not properly sanitised before being
          used to include files. This can be exploited to include
          arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal
          attacks and URL-encoded NULL bytes.</p>
          <p>Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that
          "register_globals" is enabled.</p>
        </blockquote>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2008-5587</cvename>
      <bid>32670</bid>
      <url>http://secunia.com/advisories/33014</url>;
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2008-12-08</discovery>
      <entry>TODAY</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>
--- vuln.xml ends here ---
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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