GLSA 202003-39: phpMyAdmin: SQL injection

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Severity:	normal
Title:	phpMyAdmin: SQL injection
Date:	03/19/2020
Bugs:	#701830
ID:	202003-39

Synopsis

An SQL injection vulnerability in phpMyAdmin may allow attackers to execute arbitrary SQL statements.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/phpmyadmin	< 4.9.2	>= 4.9.2	All supported architectures

Description

PhpMyAdmin was vulnerable to an SQL injection attack through the designer feature.

Impact

An authenticated remote attacker, by specifying a specially crafted database/table name, could trigger an SQL injection attack.

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-4.9.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202003-39.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.