GLSA-201505-03 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83912

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201505-03 (phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

A remote authenticated attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to include and execute arbitrary local files via a crafted parameter, inject SQL code, or to conduct Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All phpMyAdmin 4.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/phpmyadmin-4.2.13' All phpMyAdmin 4.1 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/phpmyadmin-4.1.14.7' All phpMyAdmin 4.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/phpmyadmin-4.0.10.6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83912

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201505-03.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 6/1/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:gentoo:linux:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4986, CVE-2014-4987, CVE-2014-6300, CVE-2014-8958, CVE-2014-8959, CVE-2014-8960, CVE-2014-8961

BID: 68803, 68804, 69790, 71243, 71244, 71245, 71247

GLSA: 201505-03