CVE-2004-1055 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2004-1055?

CVE-2004-1055 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, published on 24 Nov 2004. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 2.6.0-pl2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PmaAbsoluteUri parameter, (2) the zero_rows parameter in read_dump.php, (3) the confirm form, or (4) an error message generated by the internal phpMyAdmin parser.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1055?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Gentoo Linux, Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1055?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2004-1055 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1055 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Gentoo Linux

• CVE-2004-0914 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1037 Command injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1034 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-0891 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2002-1337 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Gentoo Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1055, GHSA-pfw8-43jj-c4g3.