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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201701-59
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: ADOdb: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: January 24, 2017
     Bugs: #604714
       ID: 201701-59

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

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

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-php/adodb                < 5.20.9                  >= 5.20.9

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All ADOdb users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-4855
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4855
[ 2 ] CVE-2016-7405
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7405

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-59

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5