phpMyAdmin: SQL injection — GLSA 202003-39

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

Affected packages

dev-db/phpmyadmin on all architectures
Affected versions < 4.9.2
Unaffected versions >= 4.9.2

Background

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

Description

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

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All phpMyAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/phpmyadmin-4.9.2"
 

References

Release date
March 19, 2020

Latest revision
March 19, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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