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Ubuntu: USN-4843-1 (CVE-2016-9849): phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4843-1 (CVE-2016-9849): phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/11/2016
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the username. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-phpmyadmin

References

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