| Name | CVE-2008-1567 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1557-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| phpmyadmin (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u12 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4:4.6.6-4+deb9u2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4:4.6.6-4+deb9u3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4:5.0.4+dfsg2-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4:5.2.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4:5.2.1+dfsg-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2008-2/
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/533bb88e32aafc17e754e5ea5e26e9b02b306993
It is a workaround for the limited security that PHP has for
session files on a shared host. This limitation is documented with
PHP, warned against and not a specific vulnerability in phpMyAdmin.
I hence consider it a security enhancement/feature, not a vulnerability.