PMASA-2014-16
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2014-16
Date: 2014-11-20
Summary
Leakage of line count of an arbitrary file.
Description
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.
Severity
We consider this vulnerability to be non critical.
Mitigation factor
This vulnerability can be triggered only by someone who is logged in to phpMyAdmin, as the usual token protection prevents non-logged-in users from accessing the required page.
Affected Versions
Versions 4.1.x (prior to 4.1.14.7) and 4.2.x (prior to 4.2.12) are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.1.14.7 or newer, or 4.2.12 or newer, or apply the patch listed below.
References
Thanks to Johannes Dahse (https://twitter.com/FluxReiners) for reporting this vulnerability.
Assigned CVE IDs: CVE-2014-8961
Patches
The following commits have been made to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 4.1 branch to fix this issue:
More information
For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin security team at security@phpmyadmin.net.