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Gentoo: GLSA-200407-22 Normal: phpMyAdmin Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2004
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Flaws in phpMyAdmin on Gentoo expose the system to remote threats capable of altering configurations and running arbitrary commands. Urgent update necessary.
Multiple vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin may allow a remote attacker with a valid user account to alter configuration variables and execute arbitrary PHP code

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200407-22
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: July 29, 2004
      Bugs: #57890
        ID: 200407-22


Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin may allow a remote attacker with
a valid user account to alter configuration variables and execute
arbitrary PHP code.

Background
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phpMyAdmin is a popular, web-based MySQL administration tool written in
PHP. It allows users to administer a MySQL database from a web-browser.

Affected packages
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     Package            /   Vulnerable   /                  Unaffected
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  1  dev-db/phpmyadmin       <= 2.5.7                      >= 2.5.7_p1

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