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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1658-1] phpmyadmin security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
A couple of vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpmyadmin, MySQL web administration tool. CVE-2018-19968 An attacker can exploit phpMyAdmin before 4.8.4 to leak the contents of a local file because of an error in the transformation feature. The attacker must have access to the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage tables, although these can easily be created in any database to which the attacker has access. An attacker must have valid credentials to log in to phpMyAdmin. This vulnerability does not allow an attacker to circumvent the login system. CVE-2018-19970 A XSS vulnerability was found in the navigation tree, where an attacker can deliver a payload to a user through a crafted database/table name.
Affected Software
Affected Software
phpmyadmin on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u4. We recommend that you upgrade your phpmyadmin packages.