Improper Input Validation Affecting phpmyadmin package, versions <4.6.5.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE319-PHPMYADMIN-6110747
  • published8 Dec 2023
  • disclosed11 Dec 2016

Introduced: 11 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9860  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.19 phpmyadmin to version 4.6.5.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream phpmyadmin package and not the phpmyadmin package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user can execute a denial of service attack when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.