Bug 1166637 (CVE-2014-8961) - CVE-2014-8961 phpMyAdmin: leakage of line count of an arbitrary file (PMASA-2014-16)
Summary: CVE-2014-8961 phpMyAdmin: leakage of line count of an arbitrary file (PMASA-2...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-8961
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1166638 1166639
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-11-21 11:39 UTC by Vasyl Kaigorodov
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:24 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: phpMyAdmin 4.2.12
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Last Closed: 2016-11-28 14:54:40 UTC
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Description Vasyl Kaigorodov 2014-11-21 11:39:34 UTC 
It was reported [1] that in the error reporting feature, a parameter specifying the file was not correctly validated, allowing the attacker to derive the line count of an arbitrary file. 

[1]: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-16.php
Comment 1 Vasyl Kaigorodov 2014-11-21 11:40:43 UTC 
Created phpMyAdmin tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1166638]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1166639]
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2014-11-30 19:11:08 UTC 
phpMyAdmin-4.2.12-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2014-12-01 18:55:58 UTC 
phpMyAdmin-4.2.12-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2014-12-01 18:58:14 UTC 
phpMyAdmin-4.2.12-1.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2014-12-06 10:15:22 UTC 
phpMyAdmin-4.2.12-1.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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