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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3382-1 (phpmyadmin - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Several issues have been fixed in phpMyAdmin, the web administration tool for MySQL. CVE-2014-8958 (Wheezy only) Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-9218 (Wheezy only) Denial of service (resource consumption) via a long password. CVE-2015-2206 Risk of BREACH attack due to reflected parameter. CVE-2015-3902 XSRF/CSRF vulnerability in phpMyAdmin setup. CVE-2015-3903 (Jessie only) Vulnerability allowing man-in-the-middle attack on API call to GitHub. CVE-2015-6830 (Jessie only) Vulnerability that allows bypassing the reCaptcha test. CVE-2015-7873 (Jessie only) Content spoofing vulnerability when redirecting user to an external site.

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 the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 4:3.4.11.1-2+deb7u2. For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.5.1-1. We recommend that you upgrade your phpmyadmin packages.