SB2014120401 - Fedora 21 update for phpMyAdmin

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SB2014120401 - Fedora 21 update for phpMyAdmin

Published: December 4, 2014 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2014120401
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9218)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.7, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a long password.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9219)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the redirection feature in url.php in phpMyAdmin 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 when processing url parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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