SB2014112104 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for phpMyAdmin4
Published: November 21, 2014 Updated: April 24, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8958)
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) database, (2) table, or (3) column name that is improperly handled during rendering of the table browse page; a crafted ENUM value that is improperly handled during rendering of the (4) table print view or (5) zoom search page; or (6) a crafted pma_fontsize cookie that is improperly handled during rendering of the home page. 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.
2) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8959)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in libraries/gis/GIS_Factory.class.php in the GIS editor in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.6, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.12. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a crafted geometry-type parameter.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.