GLSA 200411-36: phpMyAdmin: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities

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Severity:	low
Title:	phpMyAdmin: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities
Date:	11/27/2004
Bugs:	#71819
ID:	200411-36

Synopsis

phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.

Background

phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL databases from a web-browser.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/phpmyadmin	< 2.6.0_p3	>= 2.6.0_p3	All supported architectures

Description

Cedric Cochin has discovered multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin. These vulnerabilities can be exploited through the PmaAbsoluteUri parameter, the zero_rows parameter in read_dump.php, the confirm form, or an error message generated by the internal phpMyAdmin parser.

Impact

By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker can inject and execute malicious script code, potentially compromising the victim's browser.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.0_p3"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-36.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.