GLSA 201701-59: ADOdb: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	ADOdb: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/24/2017
Bugs:	#604714
ID:	201701-59

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ADOdb, all of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

ADOdb is an abstraction library for PHP creating a common API for a wide range of database backends.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-php/adodb	< 5.20.9	>= 5.20.9	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ADOdb. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, through the use of SQL injection or Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, could execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ADOdb users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/adodb-5.20.9"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-59.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.