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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201701-59 ] ADOdb: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:58:25
Message-Id: 54582bcc-52fd-7ab6-95d6-901b6b34fc02@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-59
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: ADOdb: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: January 24, 2017
10 Bugs: #604714
11 ID: 201701-59
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ADOdb, all of which could
19 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 ADOdb is an abstraction library for PHP creating a common API for a
25 wide range of database backends.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 dev-php/adodb < 5.20.9 >= 5.20.9
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ADOdb. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker, through the use of SQL injection or Cross Site
45 Scripting (XSS) attacks, could execute arbitrary code.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All ADOdb users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/adodb-5.20.9"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-4855
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4855
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-7405
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7405
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68 Availability
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-59
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76 Concerns?
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
89 belongs to its owner(s).
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
92 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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94 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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