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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-08 |
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Severity: Low |
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Title: phpMyAdmin: Cross-site scripting vulnerability |
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Date: April 11, 2005 |
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Bugs: #87952 |
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ID: 200504-08 |
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Synopsis |
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phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack. |
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Background |
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phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the |
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administration of MySQL databases from a web-browser. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-db/phpmyadmin < 2.6.2_rc1 >= 2.6.2_rc1 |
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Description |
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Oriol Torrent Santiago has discovered that phpMyAdmin fails to validate |
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input to the "convcharset" variable, rendering it vulnerable to |
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cross-site scripting attacks. |
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Impact |
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By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker can inject and |
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execute malicious script code, potentially compromising the victim's |
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browser. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.2_rc1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] PMASA-2005-3 |
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http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2005-3 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-08.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |