TITLE:
phpMyAdmin register_globals Emulation "import_blacklist" Manipulation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17925

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17925/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting, Exposure of sensitive information, System
access

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Stefan Esser has reported a vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks,
disclose sensitive information, and compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the register_globals
emulation layer in "grab_globals.php" where the "import_blacklist"
variable is not properly protected from being overwritten. This can
be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site, and include arbitrary
files from external and local resources.

This is related to vulnerability #1 in:
SA17289

The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.7.0.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.7.0-pl1.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23067

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stefan Esser, Hardened-PHP Project

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Hardened-PHP Project:
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_252005.110.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17289:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17289/

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