DSA-3382-1 phpmyadmin -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3382-1 phpmyadmin -- security update

Date Reported:

28 Oct 2015

Affected Packages:

phpmyadmin

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 774194.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-8958, CVE-2014-9218, CVE-2015-2206, CVE-2015-3902, CVE-2015-3903, CVE-2015-6830, CVE-2015-7873.

More information:

Several issues have been fixed in phpMyAdmin, the web administration tool for MySQL.

• CVE-2014-8958 (Wheezy only)

  Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

• CVE-2014-9218 (Wheezy only)

  Denial of service (resource consumption) via a long password.

• CVE-2015-2206

  Risk of BREACH attack due to reflected parameter.

• CVE-2015-3902

  XSRF/CSRF vulnerability in phpMyAdmin setup.

• CVE-2015-3903 (Jessie only)

  Vulnerability allowing man-in-the-middle attack on API call to GitHub.

• CVE-2015-6830 (Jessie only)

  Vulnerability that allows bypassing the reCaptcha test.

• CVE-2015-7873 (Jessie only)

  Content spoofing vulnerability when redirecting user to an external site.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 4:3.4.11.1-2+deb7u2.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.5.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your phpmyadmin packages.