Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2008-5587 First vendor Publication 2008-12-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.

Original Source

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

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19797
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19797
Title: DSA-1693-1 phppgadmin - several vulnerabilities
Description: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpPgAdmin, a tool to administrate PostgreSQL database over the web.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1693-1
CVE-2007-2865
CVE-2007-5728
CVE-2008-5587
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): phppgadmin
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7719
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7719
Title: DSA-1693 phppgadmin -- several vulnerabilities
Description: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpPgAdmin, a tool to administrate PostgreSQL database over the web. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the server parameter. Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via PHP_SELF. Directory traversal vulnerability allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via _language parameter. For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.1-3.1etch2. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4.2.1-1.1. We recommend that you upgrade your phppgadmin package.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1693
CVE-2007-2865
CVE-2007-5728
CVE-2008-5587
Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): phppgadmin
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 12

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-698-3 (nagios2)
File : nvt/ubuntu_698_3.nasl
2009-03-20 Name : FreeBSD Ports: phppgadmin
File : nvt/freebsd_phppgadmin1.nasl
2009-02-18 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:004
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_004.nasl
2009-02-13 Name : Fedora Update for phpPgAdmin FEDORA-2008-11564
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_11564_phpPgAdmin_fc10.nasl
2009-02-13 Name : Fedora Update for phpPgAdmin FEDORA-2008-11576
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_11576_phpPgAdmin_fc8.nasl
2009-02-13 Name : Fedora Update for phpPgAdmin FEDORA-2008-11602
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_11602_phpPgAdmin_fc9.nasl
2008-12-29 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1693-1 (phppgadmin)
File : nvt/deb_1693_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50545 phpPgAdmin index.php _language Parameter Traversal Local File Inclusion

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-219.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_phpPgAdmin-090205.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_phpPgAdmin-090205.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-11564.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-17 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_4ce3c20b124b11dea9640030843d3802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_phpPgAdmin-5984.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1693.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-21 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-11576.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-21 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-11602.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-08 Name : The remote web server contains a PHP application that is susceptible to a loc...
File : phppgadmin_language_file_include.nasl - Type : ACT_ATTACK

Sources (Detail)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00033.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33014
http://secunia.com/advisories/33263
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4737
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1693
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47140
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7363
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