Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://secunia.com/advisories/29613/
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-3 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/6eb1dc51-1244-11dd-bab7-0016179b2dd5.html
Insight
The following package is affected: phpmyadmin
CVE-2008-1567
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.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2008-1567 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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