phpMyAdmin up to 2.5.7 left.php cfg denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in phpMyAdmin up to 2.5.7 (Database Administration Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the file left.php. The manipulation of the argument cfg with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

phpMyAdmin 2.5.1 up to 2.5.7 allows remote attackers to modify configuration settings and gain unauthorized access to MySQL servers via modified $cfg[ Servers ] variables.

The weakness was presented 06/28/2004 by Nasir Simbolon (Website). The advisory is shared for download at eagle.kecapi.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-2632. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:left.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14555 (GLSA-200407-22 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16555) and Tenable (14555). See 23507 for similar entry.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 14555
Nessus Name: GLSA-200407-22 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 52439
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: phpMyAdmin
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06/29/2004 +0 days 🔍
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06/30/2004 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +183 days 🔍
12/04/2005 +337 days 🔍
12/01/2010 +1823 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +1560 days 🔍
07/01/2021 +2305 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: phpmyadmin.net

Advisory: eagle.kecapi.com
Researcher: Nasir Simbolon
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2632 (🔍)
X-Force: 16555
Vulnerability Center: 28446 - phpMyAdmin 2.5.1-2.5.7 Remote Configuration Settings Modification Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 10629 - phpMyAdmin Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11974
OSVDB: 7315 - phpMyAdmin Arbitrary Database Access

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 07/01/2021 08:09
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (63), 03/10/2017 10:27 (13), 07/01/2021 08:03 (4), 07/01/2021 08:09 (1)
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