vulnerability

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
Dec 11, 2016
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

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

alpine-linux-upgrade-phpmyadmin
Title
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