USN-6825-1: ADOdb vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• libphp-adodb - ADOdb is a PHP database abstraction layer library

Details

It was discovered that the PDO driver in ADOdb was incorrectly handling
string quotes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
perform SQL injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-7405)

It was discovered that ADOdb was incorrectly handling GET parameters in
test.php. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu
16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4855)

Emmet Leahy discovered that ADOdb was incorrectly handling string quotes
in PostgreSQL connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to bypass authentication. (CVE-2021-3850)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04

• libphp-adodb - 5.20.19-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• libphp-adodb - 5.20.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04

• libphp-adodb - 5.20.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• libphp-adodb - 5.20.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2016-4855
• CVE-2016-7405
• CVE-2021-3850