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Debian: CVE-2016-2040: phpmyadmin -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-2040: phpmyadmin -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/25/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) table name, (2) SET value, (3) search query, or (4) hostname in a Location header.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-phpmyadmin

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