SB2016122915 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
Published: December 29, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016122915
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9849)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the username. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e3226bf79b872494874e7f139d2c88c069c4d60f
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3c5da8c4643bf2ec21c87b1c68b3ad2c149fc3b9
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b36b3560d17cde1b9b07e17906ea6b7612b04cce
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3e72f91bb20ef89058467b81ddaf2c5793af3ec9
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=517afce6b9a2a1a80adab744a77278db53d919f7
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a35fc5fa306c1b74cf13f5f8a6624b47b0409a82