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Debian DSA-2975-1 : phpmyadmin - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76433

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin, a tool to administer MySQL over the web. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CVE-2013-4995 Authenticated users could inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted SQL query.

 - CVE-2013-4996 Cross site scripting was possible via a crafted logo URL in the navigation panel or a crafted entry in the Trusted Proxies list.

 - CVE-2013-5002 Authenticated users could inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted pageNumber value in Schema Export.

 - CVE-2013-5003 Authenticated users could execute arbitrary SQL commands as the phpMyAdmin 'control user' via the scale parameter PMD PDF export and the pdf_page_number parameter in Schema Export.

 - CVE-2014-1879 Authenticated users could inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file name in the Import function.

Solution

Upgrade the phpmyadmin packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 4:3.4.11.1-2+deb7u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4995

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4996

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5002

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5003

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1879

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/phpmyadmin

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2975

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76433

File Name: debian_DSA-2975.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/10/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4995, CVE-2013-4996, CVE-2013-5002, CVE-2013-5003, CVE-2014-1879

BID: 61510, 61516, 61921, 61923, 65717

DSA: 2975