ADOdb: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201701-59

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ADOdb, all of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected packages

dev-php/adodb on all architectures
Affected versions < 5.20.9
Unaffected versions >= 5.20.9

Background

ADOdb is an abstraction library for PHP creating a common API for a wide range of database backends.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ADOdb. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, through the use of SQL injection or Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, could execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ADOdb users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/adodb-5.20.9"
 

References

Release date
January 24, 2017

Latest revision
January 24, 2017: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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