GLSA 201201-01: phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	high
Title:	phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/04/2012
Bugs:	#302745, #335490, #336462, #354227, #373951, #376369, #387413, #389427, #395715
ID:	201201-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in phpMyAdmin, the most severe of which allows the execution of arbitrary PHP code.

Background

phpMyAdmin is a web-based management tool for MySQL databases.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/phpmyadmin	< 3.4.9	>= 3.4.9	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin. Please review the CVE identifiers and phpMyAdmin Security Advisories referenced below for details.

Impact

Remote attackers might be able to insert and execute PHP code, include and execute local PHP files, or perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks via various vectors.

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-3.4.9"
    

References

• CVE-2008-7251
• CVE-2008-7252
• CVE-2010-2958
• CVE-2010-3055
• CVE-2010-3056
• CVE-2010-3263
• CVE-2011-0986
• CVE-2011-0987
• CVE-2011-2505
• CVE-2011-2506
• CVE-2011-2507
• CVE-2011-2508
• CVE-2011-2642
• CVE-2011-2643
• CVE-2011-2718
• CVE-2011-2719
• CVE-2011-3646
• CVE-2011-4064
• CVE-2011-4107
• CVE-2011-4634
• CVE-2011-4780
• CVE-2011-4782
• PMASA-2010-1
• PMASA-2010-2
• PMASA-2010-4
• PMASA-2010-5
• PMASA-2010-6
• PMASA-2010-7
• PMASA-2011-1
• PMASA-2011-10
• PMASA-2011-11
• PMASA-2011-12
• PMASA-2011-15
• PMASA-2011-16
• PMASA-2011-17
• PMASA-2011-18
• PMASA-2011-19
• PMASA-2011-2
• PMASA-2011-20
• PMASA-2011-5
• PMASA-2011-6
• PMASA-2011-7
• PMASA-2011-8
• PMASA-2011-9

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201201-01.xml

Concerns?

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License

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