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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-39
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: phpMyAdmin: SQL injection
Date: March 19, 2020
Bugs: #701830
ID: 202003-39

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Synopsis
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An SQL injection vulnerability in phpMyAdmin may allow attackers to
execute arbitrary SQL statements.

Background
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phpMyAdmin is a web-based management tool for MySQL databases.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-db/phpmyadmin < 4.9.2 >= 4.9.2

Description
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PhpMyAdmin was vulnerable to an SQL injection attack through the
designer feature.

Impact
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An authenticated remote attacker, by specifying a specially crafted
database/table name, could trigger an SQL injection attack.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-db/phpmyadmin-4.9.2”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2019-18622
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18622
[ 2 ] PMASA-2019-5
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-5/

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-39

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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