Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3627-1 phpmyadmin -- security update

Date Reported:
24 Jul 2016
Affected Packages:
phpmyadmin
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-1927, CVE-2016-2039, CVE-2016-2040, CVE-2016-2041, CVE-2016-2560, CVE-2016-2561, CVE-2016-5099, CVE-2016-5701, CVE-2016-5705, CVE-2016-5706, CVE-2016-5731, CVE-2016-5733, CVE-2016-5739.
More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been fixed in phpMyAdmin, the web-based MySQL administration interface.

  • CVE-2016-1927

    The suggestPassword function relied on a non-secure random number generator which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess generated passwords via a brute-force approach.

  • CVE-2016-2039

    CSRF token values were generated by a non-secure random number generator, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by predicting a value.

  • CVE-2016-2040

    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

  • CVE-2016-2041

    phpMyAdmin does not use a constant-time algorithm for comparing CSRF tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by measuring time differences.

  • CVE-2016-2560

    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

  • CVE-2016-2561

    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

  • CVE-2016-5099

    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

  • CVE-2016-5701

    For installations running on plain HTTP, phpMyAdmin allows remote attackers to conduct BBCode injection attacks against HTTP sessions via a crafted URI.

  • CVE-2016-5705

    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

  • CVE-2016-5706

    phpMyAdmin allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large array in the scripts parameter.

  • CVE-2016-5731

    A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

  • CVE-2016-5733

    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

  • CVE-2016-5739

    A specially crafted Transformation could leak information which a remote attacker could use to perform cross site request forgeries.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.6.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your phpmyadmin packages.