GLSA 201505-03: phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	low
Title:	phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	05/31/2015
Bugs:	#517858, #522844, #530054
ID:	201505-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in phpMyAdmin, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/phpmyadmin	< 4.2.13	>= 4.2.13	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote authenticated attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to include and execute arbitrary local files via a crafted parameter, inject SQL code, or to conduct Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All phpMyAdmin 4.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-4.2.13"

All phpMyAdmin 4.1 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-4.1.14.7"

All phpMyAdmin 4.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-4.0.10.6"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201505-03.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.