SB2016122917 - Cross-site request forgery in phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
Published: December 29, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016122917
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9866)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e5eab8d8305ee89d1f358ecaaca464d06bf877d1
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=4c248a63b12c14ca800d1407d23b60c2729bd376
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3c5da8c4643bf2ec21c87b1c68b3ad2c149fc3b9
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b36b3560d17cde1b9b07e17906ea6b7612b04cce
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a35fc5fa306c1b74cf13f5f8a6624b47b0409a82