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[ GLSA 200504-08 ] phpMyAdmin: Cross-site scripting vulnerability
From: Luke Macken <lewk () gentoo org>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:16:44 -0400
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-08 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Low Title: phpMyAdmin: Cross-site scripting vulnerability Date: April 11, 2005 Bugs: #87952 ID: 200504-08 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack. Background ========== phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL databases from a web-browser. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/phpmyadmin < 2.6.2_rc1 >= 2.6.2_rc1 Description =========== Oriol Torrent Santiago has discovered that phpMyAdmin fails to validate input to the "convcharset" variable, rendering it vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. Impact ====== By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker can inject and execute malicious script code, potentially compromising the victim's browser. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.6.2_rc1" References ========== [ 1 ] PMASA-2005-3 http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2005-3 Availability ============ 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? ========= 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 ======= 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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