Directory Traversal Affecting phpmyadmin package, versions <4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PHPMYADMIN-535864
  • published 11 Dec 2016
  • disclosed 11 Dec 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 phpmyadmin to version 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream phpmyadmin package and not the phpmyadmin package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the %u username replacement functionality of the SaveDir and UploadDir features. When the username substitution is configured, a specially-crafted user name can be used to circumvent restrictions to traverse the file system. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.