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openSUSE: 2017:3451-1 Important Advisory for phpMyAdmin Database Issue

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Calendar Grey December 29, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Apply the crucial security patch for phpMyAdmin to address a severe database vulnerability and improve overall security.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Description

This update for phpMyAdmin to version 4.7.7 fixes a security issue and

bugs.

The following vulnerability was fixed:

- By deceiving a user to click on a crafted URL, it was possible to

perform harmful database

operations (bsc#1074066, PMASA-2017-09)

This update also contains all upstream improvements and bugfixes in

version 4.7.7:

- various display and UI fixes

- PHP error fixes

- Improved deteciton of MySQL server needing SSL connections

- Support JSON datatype on MariaDB 10.2.7 and newer

- Fix constructing ALTER query with AFTER

- Fix changing password on MariaDB cluster

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1421=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (noarch):

phpMyAdmin-4.7.7-14.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1074066

Severity
important
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:3451-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 .

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