CVE-2008-1567

NameCVE-2008-1567
DescriptionphpMyAdmin 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1557-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
phpmyadmin (PTS)bullseye4:5.0.4+dfsg2-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm4:5.2.1+dfsg-1fixed
sid, trixie4:5.2.1+dfsg-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
phpmyadminsourceetch4:2.9.1.1-7DSA-1557-1
phpmyadminsource(unstable)2.11.5.1

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.

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