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Gentoo: GLSA-201505-03 Low: phpMyAdmin Risks and Code Execution

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Calendar Grey May 31, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Explore the potential security flaws within phpMyAdmin that could enable malicious code execution and XSS vulnerabilities. Immediate upgrades recommended.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in phpMyAdmin, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

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 XSS low severity phpMyAdmin multiple risks

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

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-4986 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4986 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-4987 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4987 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-6300 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6300 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-8958 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8958 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-8959 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8959 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-8960 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8960 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-8961 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8961

Availability

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

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Severity: Low
Title: phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 31, 2015
Bugs: #517858, #522844, #530054
ID: 201505-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution XSS low severity phpMyAdmin multiple risks

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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/phpmyadmin < 4.2.13 >= 4.2.13 *>= 4.1.14.7 *>= 4.0.10.6

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.

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