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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9849

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username b...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the username. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 phpmyadmin

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.6.5.1-1"}]}]

Debian:13 phpmyadmin

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.6.5.1-1"}]}]

Debian:14 phpmyadmin

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.6.5.1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org