SB2014072217 - Cross-site scripting in phpmyadmin (Alpine package)

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4986)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via a crafted (1) table name or (2) column name that is improperly handled during construction of an AJAX confirmation message. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5f5e409f855b0320e664672cf59fee41746f3e06
• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b3ec9f20574955f754b62f4605ce2cfe98666486
• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a68e62dc417d84943621aa3a8f173b4c9d1d1384