MGASA-2016-0211

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    MGASA-2016-0211

    Published: 29 May 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-5099

    Summary: Updated phpmyadmin package fixes CVE-2016-5099

    Details: In phpMyAdmin before 4.4.15.6, a specially crafted attack could allow for special HTML characters to be passed as URL encoded values and displayed back as special characters in the page (CVE-2016-5099).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0211.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18541, https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-16/, https://www.phpmyadmin.net/files/4.4.15.6/, https://www.phpmyadmin.net/news/2016/5/26/phpmyadmin-security-notifications-and-44156-released/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: phpmyadmin

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.15.6-1.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
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