Gentoo GLSA-202003-39 Normal: phpMyAdmin SQL Injection Risk
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March 19, 2020
An SQL injection vulnerability in phpMyAdmin may allow attackers to execute arbitrary SQL statements.
Summary
PhpMyAdmin was vulnerable to an SQL injection attack through the designer feature.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-4.9.2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2019-18622 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18622 [ 2 ] PMASA-2019-5 https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-5/
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-39
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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: Normal
Title: phpMyAdmin: SQL injection
Date: March 19, 2020
Bugs: #701830
ID: 202003-39
Topics Covered
Background
phpMyAdmin is a web-based management tool for MySQL databases.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-db/phpmyadmin < 4.9.2 >= 4.9.2
Impact
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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.
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