Path traversal in phpMyAdmin and Opensuse - CVE-2014-8961
Published: November 30, 2014 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41044
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8961
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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/error_report.lib.php in the error-reporting feature in phpMyAdmin 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 obtain potentially sensitive information about a file's line count via a crafted parameter.
Affected software
phpMyAdmin
Opensuse
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
phpMyAdmin
Opensuse
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
phpMyAdmin
How to mitigate CVE-2014-8961
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 4.2.12-1.el7, 4.2.12-1.fc21
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00017.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:228
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-16.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71245
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/b99b6b6672ff2419f05b05740c80c7a23c1da994
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-03