phpMyAdmin "url" Cross-Site Scripting and Denial of Service Two Vulnerabilities


Description   Two vulnerabilities have been reported in phpMyAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
1) An error related to long passwords can be exploited to consume excessive CPU resources.
This vulnerability is reported in versions 4.0.x prior to 4.0.10.7, 4.1.x prior to 4.1.14.8, and 4.2.x prior to 4.2.13.1.
2) Input passed via the "url" GET parameter to url.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
This vulnerability is reported in versions 4.2.x prior to 4.2.13.1.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
phpMyAdmin 4.x
     
Solution   Update to version 4.0.10.7, 4.1.14.8, or 4.2.13.1.
     
CVE   CVE-2014-9219
CVE-2014-9218
     
References   http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-17.php
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-18.php
Javier Nieto:
http://www.behindthefirewalls.com/2014/12/when-cookies-lead-to-dos-in-phpmyadmin.html
Andres Rojas:
http://www.devconsole.info/?p=1212
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
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 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2014-12-04 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote