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Gentoo: GLSA-201311-02 Normal: phpMyAdmin Code Execution Threats

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Calendar Grey November 4, 2013
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The phpMyAdmin platform contains various security flaws that can enable remote authenticated users to run arbitrary code or perform SQL injection attacks, recommended to upgrade immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in phpMyAdmin, allowing remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code, inject SQL code or conduct other attacks

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution remote access SQL injection normal severity phpMyAdmin

Resolution

All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-4.0.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1937 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1937 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-3238 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3238 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-3239 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3239 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-4995 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4995 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-4996 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4996 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-4997 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4997 [ 7 ] CVE-2013-4998 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4998 [ 8 ] CVE-2013-4999 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4999 [ 9 ] CVE-2013-5000 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5000 [ 10 ] CVE-2013-5001 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5001 [ 11 ] CVE-2013-5002 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5002 [ 12 ] CVE-2013-5003 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5003 [ 13 ] CVE-2013-5029 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

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

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution remote access SQL injection normal severity phpMyAdmin

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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/phpmyadmin < 4.0.5 >= 4.0.5

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.