Fedora 27 : php-phpmyadmin-motranslator / php-phpmyadmin-sql-parser / etc (2018-a1650ed14f)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 107010

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From upstream announcement :

**Security fix: phpMyAdmin 4.7.8 is released**

Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.7.8, a security releaes also containing regular maintenance bug fixes.

The security fix relates to a self-XSS vulnerability in the central columns feature that is reported as PMASA-2018-1 https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-1/. Thanks to Mayur Udiniya https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayur-udiniya-09247b129/ for finding and responsibly disclosing this flaw.

We recommend all users upgrade to resolve this security problem.

A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is available in the ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.

Notable changes since 4.7.7 :

- Fixed error handling with PHP 7.2

- Fixed resetting default setting values

- Fixed fallback value for collation connection

Additionally, there have been continuous improvements to many of the translations. If you don't see your language or find a problem, you can contribute too; see https://www.phpmyadmin.net/translate/ for details.

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Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected php-phpmyadmin-motranslator, php-phpmyadmin-sql-parser and / or phpMyAdmin packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 107010

File Name: fedora_2018-a1650ed14f.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 2/27/2018

Updated: 10/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7260

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-phpmyadmin-motranslator, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-phpmyadmin-sql-parser, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:phpmyadmin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7260

FEDORA: 2018-a1650ed14f

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