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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6631
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI applic...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI application. Under certain server configurations, a user can pass a query string which is executed as a command-line argument by the file generator_plugin.sh. 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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
phpmyadmin
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1"}]}]
Debian:13
phpmyadmin
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1"}]}]
Debian:14
phpmyadmin
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org