--- title: "CVE-2012-4219\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-2012-4219?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-4219 Publication date 21 August 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Negligible** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description show\_config\_errors.php in phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.2.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request, which reveals the installation path in an error message, related to lack of inclusion of the common.inc.php library file. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4219?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | phpmyadmin | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 11.04 natty | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) per upstream: For the error messages to be displayed, php.ini's error\_reporting must be set to E\_ALL and display\_errors must be On (these settings are not recommended on a production server in the PHP manual). only 3.5.x is affected ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4219) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4219) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4219) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4219) ### Other references * *