CVE-2008-4096

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)	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.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
phpmyadmin	source	etch	4:2.9.1.1-8		DSA-1641-1
phpmyadmin	source	(unstable)	4:2.11.8.1-2	medium

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