CVE-2008-5587 Information

Description

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.

Reference

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