CVE-2019-6798

Publication date 26 January 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.5. A vulnerability was reported where a specially crafted username can be used to trigger a SQL injection attack through the designer feature.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted username.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
phpmyadmin 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
phpmyadmin

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4639-1
    • phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities
    • 19 November 2020
    • USN-4843-1
    • phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities
    • 16 March 2021

Other references