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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-6612: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-6612: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
10/01/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can exploit the LOAD LOCAL INFILE functionality to expose files on the server to the database system. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-phpmyadmin

References

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