ghsa-qf3f-7x69-qfv3
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:14
Modified
2023-07-31 18:48
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
phpMyAdmin DoS Vulnerability
Details

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user is able to execute a denial-of-service (DoS) attack by forcing persistent connections when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.6"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.6.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.4"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.4.15.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.10.17"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-6622"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-07-31T18:48:27Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-12-11T02:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user is able to execute a denial-of-service (DoS) attack by forcing persistent connections when phpMyAdmin is running with `$cfg[\u0027AllowArbitraryServer\u0027]=true`. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.",
  "id": "GHSA-qf3f-7x69-qfv3",
  "modified": "2023-07-31T18:48:27Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:14:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6622"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210125183746/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95049"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-45"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "phpMyAdmin DoS Vulnerability"
}


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