Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting phpmyadmin package, versions <4:4.2.12-2+deb8u2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-PHPMYADMIN-417488
- published 3 Jul 2016
- disclosed 3 Jul 2016
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 phpmyadmin to version 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u2 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7 and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) server-privileges certificate data fields on the user privileges page, (2) an "invalid JSON" error message in the error console, (3) a database name in the central columns implementation, (4) a group name, or (5) a search name in the bookmarks implementation.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5705
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-21/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/03f73d48369703e0d3584699b08e24891c3295b8
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/0b7416c5f4439ed3f11c023785f2d4c49a1b09fc
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/364732e309cccb3fb56c938ed8d8bc0e04a3ca98
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/36df83a97a7f140fdb008b727a94f882847c6a6f
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/57ae483bad33059a885366d5445b7e1f6f29860a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00113.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00114.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91378
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5705