GLSA 201311-02: phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/04/2013
Bugs:	#465420, #467080, #478696, #479870
ID:	201311-02

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in phpMyAdmin, allowing remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code, inject SQL code or conduct other attacks.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/phpmyadmin	< 4.0.5	>= 4.0.5	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 execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process running phpMyAdmin, inject SQL code, or to conduct Cross-Site Scripting and Clickjacking attacks.

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-4.0.5"
    

References

• CVE-2013-1937
• CVE-2013-3238
• CVE-2013-3239
• CVE-2013-4995
• CVE-2013-4996
• CVE-2013-4997
• CVE-2013-4998
• CVE-2013-4999
• CVE-2013-5000
• CVE-2013-5001
• CVE-2013-5002
• CVE-2013-5003
• CVE-2013-5029

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-02.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.

License

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