| Name | CVE-2008-4096 |
| Description | libraries/database_interface.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a request to server_databases.php with a sort_by parameter containing PHP sequences, which are processed by create_function. |
| 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-1641-1 |
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-2008-7/
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/f8d65ec564ada5c839be8f3f07f483cd82ce6a11 (2.11 branch)
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/64623fe9dbccff3f1ad9a54f844f91cefd07569c