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Fedora 24 phpMyAdmin 4.6.6 Major Security Patch Released Now Available

Welcome to **phpMyAdmin 4.6.6**, a release containing security and bug fixes. This release includes many security fixes of various levels of severity. We recommend all users upgrade to this release immediately. For full information on the vulnerabilities fixed and mitigation factors for users who are unable to upgrade, refer to the ChangeLog file included with this release and the security. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-294c23bb1d 2017-02-06 20:31:21.360670 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : phpMyAdmin Product : Fedora 24 Version : 4.6.6 Release : 1.fc24 URL : https://www.phpmyadmin.net/ Summary : Handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web Description : phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web. Most frequently used operations are supported by the user interface (managing databases, tables, fields, relations, indexes, users, permissions), while you still have the ability to directly execute any SQL statement. Features include an intuitive web interface, support for most MySQL features (browse and drop databases, tables, views, fields and indexes, create, copy, drop, rename and alter databases, tables, fields and indexes, maintenance server, databases and tables, with proposals on server configuration, execute, edit and bookmark any SQL-statement, even batch-queries, manage MySQL usersand privileges, manage stored procedures and triggers), import data from CSV and SQL, export data to various formats: CSV, SQL, XML, PDF, OpenDocument Text and Spreadsheet, Word, Excel, LATEX and others, administering multiple servers, creating PDF graphics of your database layout, creating complex queries using Query-by-example (QBE), searching globally in a database or a subset of it, transforming stored data into any format using a set of predefined functions, like displayingBLOB-data as image or download-link and much more... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Welcome to **phpMyAdmin 4.6.6**, a release containing security and bug fixes. This release includes many security fixes of various levels of severity. We recommend all users upgrade to this release immediately. For full information on the vulnerabilities fixed and mitigation factors for users who are unable to upgrade, refer to the ChangeLog file included with this release and the security announcements at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/ There have been changes in the behavior of previous version: * Changed the suggested text in the query window for delete queries to avoid accidental data loss * Re-introduce a page which shows the output of phpinfo() Aside from the changes and security improvements, many bugs have been fixed including: * Parsing of SQL queries with the BINARY function * Syntax error when adding or changing TIMESTAMP columns with default value as NULL * Broken "Edit" and "Export" links in the Routines tab * Creating a new user on older MariaDB servers * Format button in the SQL tab broken * Fixes for PHP 7.1 * Problems with MySQL servers running with `lower_case_names=2` * Fixes for several PHP notices/warnings being shown And many more. Please see the ChangeLog for full details of bugs fixes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1416000 - phpMyAdmin: DOS in replication status https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416000 [ 2 ] Bug #1415999 - phpMyAdmin: SSRF in replication https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415999 [ 3 ] Bug #1415998 - phpMyAdmin: Cookie attribute injection attack https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415998 [ 4 ] Bug #1415997 - phpMyAdmin: CSS injection in themes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415997 [ 5 ] Bug #1415996 - phpMyAdmin: DOS vulnerabiltiy in table editing https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415996 [ 6 ] Bug #1415995 - phpMyAdmin: Open redirect https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade phpMyAdmin' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Update to phpMyAdmin 4.6.6 to address vital security vulnerabilities and improvements. Important patches are ready for deployment.. phpMyAdmin Update, Fedora Security, SQL Management Tool, Critical Fixes. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 07, 2017 •Critical Fedora