Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package phpmyadmin (opens in a new tab)
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- published11 Dec 2016
- disclosed11 Dec 2016
Introduced: 11 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-9856 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream phpmyadmin package and not the phpmyadmin package as distributed by Ubuntu.
An XSS issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin because of an improper fix for CVE-2016-2559 in PMASA-2016-10. This issue is resolved by using a copy of a hash to avoid a race condition. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9856
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9856
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9856
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-64
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94530