The phpMyAdmin team announces the release of phpMyAdmin version 4.8.5.
Among other bug fixes, this contains several important security fixes.
Upgrading is highly recommended for all users.
The security fixes involve:
* Arbitrary file read vulnerability
(https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-1)
* SQL injection in the Designer interface
(https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-2)
The arbitrary file read vulnerability could also be exploited to delete
arbitrary files on the server. This attack requires that phpMyAdmin be
run with the $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer'] directive set to true, which
is not the default. An attacker must run a malicious server process that
will masquerade as a MySQL server. This exploit has been found and fixed
recently in several other related projects and appears to be caused by a
bug in PHP (https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77496).
In addition to the security fixes, this release also includes these bug
fixes and more as part of our regular release cycle:
* Export to SQL format not available
* QR code not shown when adding two-factor authentication to a user
account
* Issue with adding a new user in MySQL 8.0.11 and newer
* Frozen interface relating to Text_Plain_Sql plugin
* Table level Operations tab was missing
And several more. Complete notes are in the ChangeLog file included with
this release.
As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/
The phpMyAdmin project is announcing an upcoming security release. Two
security flaws will be included in the 4.8.5 release and we recommend
that all users update their installations. One attack requires setting
a configuration directive, which is off by default. The other requires
an attacker to have access to the MySQL server. We will post more
details at the time of the release.
Due to the scheduled release cycle where 4.8.5 was due for release
this week, this security release will occur later today. We regret
that we haven't provided more advanced notice in this case.
This email is part of an experimental policy where we publish advance
notifications of upcoming security releases.
Thank you,
Isaac for the phpMyAdmin team
