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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-5552-1 Critical: phpLiteAdmin XSS Attack

ubuntu
Calendar Grey August 8, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
phpLiteAdmin has a vulnerability that exposes it to cross-site scripting (XSS) threats. Ensure your Ubuntu installation is updated to secure your system.
phpLiteAdmin could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Summary

phpLiteAdmin could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Software Description:

- phpliteadmin: web-based SQLite database admin tool

Details:

It was discovered that phpLiteAdmin incorrectly handled certain GET

requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross-site

scripting (XSS) attacks.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical ubuntu xss attack phpliteadmin

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  phpliteadmin                    1.9.8.2-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  phpliteadmin                    1.9.7.1-1ubuntu0.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5552-1

CVE-2021-46709

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August 08, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical ubuntu xss attack phpliteadmin

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/phpliteadmin/1.9.8.2-1ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/phpliteadmin/1.9.7.1-1ubuntu0.3

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