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TITLE:
phpMyAdmin Username/Password Session File Information Disclosure

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29613

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29613/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
phpMyAdmin 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/1720/

DESCRIPTION:
Jim Hermann has discovered a vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, which can
potentially be exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive
information.

The MySQL username, password, and the Blowfish secret key are stored
as plain text in session files. This can potentially be exploited
e.g. by users on shared hosts to access that information.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.11.5 and reported in all
previous versions.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.11.5.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Jim Hermann

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
PMASA-2008-2:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-2

Jim Hermann:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1909711&group_id=23067&atid=377408

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