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