CVE-2014-8959 Information

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/gis/GIS_Factory.class.php in the GIS editor in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.6 4.1.x before 4.1.14.7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.12 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a crafted geometry-type parameter.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00017.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:228 http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-14.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71247 https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/80cd40b6687a6717860d345d6eb55bef2908e961 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-03