SQL injection in Fedora - CVE-2016-7405
Published: October 3, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40086
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7405
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fedoraproject
Affected software:
Fedora
Fedora
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7405
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92969
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/blob/v5.20.7/docs/changelog.md
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/commit/bd9eca9f40220f9918ec3cc7ae9ef422b3e448b8
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/226
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LT3WU77BRUJREZUYQ3ZQBMUIVIVIND4Y/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-59