Hello,
I made a slight mistake creating version 4.9.0 and did not include the
fix for the attack against Designer. I've quickly released 4.9.0.1 to
address this.
Isaac for the phpMyAdmin team
Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.9.0, a bugfix release that includes important
security fixes.
This release fixes two security vulnerabilities:
* PMASA-2019-3 is an SQL injection flaw in the Designer feature
* PMASA-2019-4 is a CSRF attack that's possible through the 'cookie'
login form
Upgrading is highly recommended for all users. Using the 'http'
auth_type instead of 'cookie' can mitigate the CSRF attack.
The solution for the CSRF attack does remove the former functionality to
log in directly through URL parameters (as mentioned in FAQ 4.8, such as
https://example.com/phpmyadmin/?pma_username=root&password=foo). Such
behavior was discouraged and is now removed. Other query parameters work
as expected; only pma_username and pma_password have been removed.
This release also includes fixes for many bugs, including:
- Several issues with SYSTEM VERSIONING tables
- Fixed json encode error in export
- Fixed JavaScript events not activating on input (sql bookmark issue)
- Show Designer combo boxes when adding a constraint
- Fix edit view
- Fixed invalid default value for bit field
- Fix several errors relating to GIS data types
- Fixed javascript error PMA_messages is not defined
- Fixed import XML data with leading zeros
- Fixed php notice, added support for 'DELETE HISTORY' table privilege
(MariaDB >= 10.3.4)
- Fixed MySQL 8.0.0 issues with GIS display
- Fixed "Server charset" in "Database server" tab showing wrong information
- Fixed can not copy user on Percona Server 5.7
- Updated sql-parser to version 4.3.2, which fixes several parsing and
linting problems
There are many, many more bug fixes thanks to the efforts of our
developers, Google Summer of Code applicants, and other contributors.
The phpMyAdmin team
Hello,
This is an advanced notification that the phpMyAdmin team is preparing a
security release to address two issues that have been reported.
The release is planned for tomorrow, that is, in roughly 18-20 hours
from the time of this message.
This message is part of a continuing effort to provide advanced
notification (when possible) for upcoming security announcements.
Thank you,
Isaac for the phpMyAdmin team
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
The phpMyAdmin team announces the release of phpMyAdmin version 4.8.4.
Among other bug fixes, this contains several important security fixes.
Upgrading is highly recommended for all users.
The security fixes involve:
* Local file inclusion
(https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-6/),
* XSRF/CSRF vulnerabilities allowing a specially-crafted URL to
perform harmful operations
(https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-7/), and
* an XSS vulnerability in the navigation tree
(https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-8/)
In addition to the security fixes, this release also includes these bug
fixes and more as part of our regular release cycle:
* Issue with changing theme
* Ensure that database names with a dot ('.') are handled properly
when DisableIS is true
* Fix for message "Error while copying database (pma__column_info)"
* Move operation causes "SELECT * FROM `undefined`" error
* When logging with $cfg['AuthLog'] to syslog, successful login
messages were not logged when $cfg['AuthLogSuccess'] was true
* Multiple errors and regressions with Designer
And several more. Complete notes are in the ChangeLog file included with
this release.
Note that for this release, we experimented with a pre-release
announcement so that hosting providers and package managers would have
an opportunity to prepare for the security release. If this was helpful
to you or if you have feedback about this technique, please let us know
through the public list developers(a)phpmyadmin.net or privately at
security(a)phpmyadmin.net. We may or may not decide use this behavior in
the future and your feedback will help us decide whether it's beneficial
to the community.
As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/
The phpMyAdmin project is announcing an upcoming security release. We
feel this vulnerability is significant enough to make this announcement
in advance. Our intention is to release the download for version 4.8.4
on Tuesday (December 11) at approximately 1400-1500 UTC.
Details about the vulnerabilities will be provided at the time of
release. Users, package managers, and others with questions or concerns
can reach the security team in private at security(a)phpmyadmin.net or by
replying to me directly.
Isaac, for the phpMyAdmin team
The phpMyAdmin team is pleased to announce the release of phpMyAdmin
version 4.8.3. Among other bug fixes, this contains a security fix for
an issue that can be exploited when importing files.
A flaw was discovered with how warning messages are displayed while
importing a file. This attack requires a specially-crafted file but can
allow an attacker to trick the user in to executing a cross-site
scripting (XSS) attack. We recommend updating immediately to mitigate
this attack.
In addition to the security fixes, this release also includes these bug
fixes and more as part of our regular release cycle:
* An error where a database is named 0
* Fix for NULL as default not being shown
* Fix for recent tables list
* Fix for slow performance with table filtering
* Two-factor authentication (2FA) fails if the GD PHP library is missing
* Event scheduler toggle does not work
* ERR_BLOCKED_BY_XSS_AUDITOR error when exporting a table
* PHP 7.3 warning: "continue" in "switch" is equal to "break"
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 team is pleased to announce the release of phpMyAdmin
version 4.8.2. Among other bug fixes, this contains an important
security update and it is highly recommended that all users upgrade
immediately.
The urgent vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to exploit a
phpMyAdmin feature to show and potentially execute files on the server.
PHP open_basedir restrictions mitigate the effect of this flaw. For
further details, see the PMASA announcement
<https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-4/>.
A second flaw was also fixed allowing an attacker to use a specially
crafted database name to trick a user in to executing a cross-site
scripting (XSS) attack in the Designer feature
<https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-3/>.
In addition to the security fixes, this release also includes these bug
fixes as part of our regular release cycle:
* WHERE 0 clause causes a fatal error
* Fix missing "INDEX" icon
Downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/
Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.8.1, a bug fix release.
A complete list of changes and bugs fixed is available from the
ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.
A few highlights of bugs fixed include:
* Fix to the scrollbar functionality and Browse table CSS overflow
* Dropping indexes and keys fails
* Show two factor (2FA) secret code next to QR image
* Configuration for DefaultLang and Lang
* MariaDB 10.2 'current_timestamp()'
* Remember table sorting is broken
Known issues:
* Unable to log in with MySQL 8.0.11 (bug #14220, see also
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76243)
* A few users have reported being unable to log in with a persistent
error message "Failed to set session cookie. Maybe you are using HTTP
instead of HTTPS". In some cases, clearing the phpMyAdmin cookies
('pma*') resolves the issue.
As always, downloads are available from https://www.phpmyadmin.net
The phpMyAdmin team
