SB2015051412 - Fedora 21 update for phpMyAdmin

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SB2015051412 - Fedora 21 update for phpMyAdmin

Published: May 14, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2015051412
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3902)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


2) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3903)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

libraries/Config.class.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.10, 4.2.x before 4.2.13.3, 4.3.x before 4.3.13.1, and 4.4.x before 4.4.6.1 disables X.509 certificate verification for GitHub API calls over SSL, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References