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phpMyAdmin: Information Exposure (CVE-2008-1567)

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phpMyAdmin: Information Exposure (CVE-2008-1567)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/31/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2017
Modified
10/16/2019

Description

phpMyAdmin before 2.11.5.1 stores the MySQL (1) username and (2) password, and the (3) Blowfish secret key, in cleartext in a Session file under /tmp, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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