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Debian: CVE-2016-5705: phpmyadmin -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-5705: phpmyadmin -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/25/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7 and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) server-privileges certificate data fields on the user privileges page, (2) an "invalid JSON" error message in the error console, (3) a database name in the central columns implementation, (4) a group name, or (5) a search name in the bookmarks implementation.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-phpmyadmin

References

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