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Gentoo: 202305-20 Minor Risk SQL Vulnerability In PhpMyAdmin

A SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered in phpMyAdmin.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Low Title: phpMyAdmin: SQL injection vulnerability Date: March 09, 2008 Bugs: #212000 ID: 200803-15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= A SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered in phpMyAdmin. Background ========= phpMyAdmin is a free web-based database administration tool. Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/phpmyadmin < 2.11.5 > = 2.11.5 Description ========== Richard Cunningham reported that phpMyAdmin uses the $_REQUEST variable of $_GET and $_POST as a source for its parameters. Impact ===== An attacker could entice a user to visit a malicious web application that sets an "sql_query" cookie and is hosted on the same domain as phpMyAdmin, and thereby conduct SQL injection attacks with the privileges of the user authenticating in phpMyAdmin afterwards. Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========= All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.5" References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2008-1149 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1149 Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the GentooSecurity Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-15 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/. License ====== Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - iD8DBQFH1FpKuhJ+ozIKI5gRAv/nAJ9WtP7uBXB1BLbfg6tARcS98/vvqgCZASRk UUDajtMwq5izrnY6UOCoJcg=2ti+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . Enhance phpMyAdmin to address a minor SQL injection vulnerability in Gentoo. Discover additional details about this security advisory and its corresponding fixes.. phpMyAdmin SQL Injection Security Patch Gentoo. . Severity: Low. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 09, 2008 •Low Gentoo