libphp-adodb: CVE-2021-3850 - Authentication Bypass in PostgreSQL connections

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libphp-adodb: CVE-2021-3850 - Authentication Bypass in PostgreSQL connections

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: libphp-adodb: CVE-2021-3850 - Authentication Bypass in PostgreSQL connections

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:41:12 +0000

Source: libphp-adodb
Version: 5.20.19-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security
Justification: user security hole
X-Debbugs-Cc: codehelp@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libphp-adodb.

CVE-2021-3850[0]:
| Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in GitHub repository
| adodb/adodb prior to 5.20.21.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3850
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3850

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

The upstream issue describes the problem as:
"a critical security issue - anyone relying on ADOdb < 5.20.21 and <
5.21.4 to connect to a PostgreSQL database is strongly advised to
upgrade as soon as possible."

The affected line shows up in the current package in unstable:
https://sources.debian.org/src/libphp-adodb/5.20.19-1/drivers/adodb-postgres64.inc.php/?hl=50#L54
(Same version is in bullseye).
https://sources.debian.org/src/libphp-adodb/5.20.14-1/drivers/adodb-postgres64.inc.php/#L54
(buster)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

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