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openSUSE: 2018:1806-1 Important phpMyAdmin Update Critical: Code Execution

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2018
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Several critical concerns have been addressed in this phpMyAdmin upgrade for the openSUSE distributions Leap 42.3 and 15.0.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for phpMyAdmin fixes multiple issues.

Security issues fixed:

* CVE-2018-12613: File inclusion and remote code execution attack

(boo#1098751)

* CVE-2018-12581: XSS in Designer feature (boo#1098752)

This update to version 4.8.2 also contains number of upstream bug fixes

and improvements.

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution XSS phpMyAdmin openSUSE

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-669=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-669=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

phpMyAdmin-4.8.2-15.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

phpMyAdmin-4.8.2-lp150.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12581.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12613.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098751

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098752

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1806-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 15.0

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution XSS phpMyAdmin openSUSE

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