--- title: "CVE-2011-0986\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0986?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2011-0986 Publication date 14 February 2011 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Negligible** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.11.2, and 3.3.x before 3.3.9.1, does not properly handle the absence of the (1) README, (2) ChangeLog, and (3) LICENSE files, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via a direct request for a nonexistent file. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0986?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | phpmyadmin | 10.10 maverick | Ignored | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored | | 9.10 karmic | Ignored | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) * [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0986?format=md#patch-details) ## Notes --- ### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur) paths in packages are already well-known ### Patch details For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) | Package | Patch details | | --- | --- | | phpmyadmin | * Upstream: | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0986) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0986) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-0986) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0986) ### Other references * *