CVE-2016-9852

NameCVE-2016-9852
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected. This CVE is for the curl wrapper issue.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
phpmyadmin (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4:4.2.12-2+deb8u12vulnerable
stretch (security)4:4.6.6-4+deb9u2fixed
stretch (lts), stretch4:4.6.6-4+deb9u3fixed
bullseye4:5.0.4+dfsg2-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm4:5.2.1+dfsg-1fixed
sid, trixie4:5.2.1+dfsg-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
phpmyadminsource(unstable)4:4.6.5.1-1unimportant

Notes

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-63/
path disclosure not relevant in Debian

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