MGASA-2016-0002

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    MGASA-2016-0002

    Published: 9 Jan 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8669

    Summary: Updated phpmyadmin packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: 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 (CVE-2015-8669).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0002.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17402, https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2015-6/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: phpmyadmin

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/phpmyadmin?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.13.3-1.3.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High