CVE-2018-19968

NameCVE-2018-19968
DescriptionAn attacker can exploit phpMyAdmin before 4.8.4 to leak the contents of a local file because of an error in the transformation feature. The attacker must have access to the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage tables, although these can easily be created in any database to which the attacker has access. An attacker must have valid credentials to log in to phpMyAdmin; this vulnerability does not allow an attacker to circumvent the login system.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1658-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
phpmyadmin (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4:4.2.12-2+deb8u11fixed
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
trixie4:5.2.1+dfsg-2fixed
sid4:5.2.1+dfsg-3fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
phpmyadminsourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
phpmyadminsourcejessie4:4.2.12-2+deb8u4DLA-1658-1
phpmyadminsourcestretch4:4.6.6-4+deb9u1
phpmyadminsource(unstable)4:4.9.1+dfsg1-2

Notes

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-6/
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/6a1ba61e29002f0305a9322a8af4eaaeb11c0732

Search for package or bug name: Reporting problems