Information disclosure in phpmyadmin (Alpine package)

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU33624

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6627

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An attacker can determine the phpMyAdmin host location through the file url.php. 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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

phpmyadmin (Alpine package): 4.0.4.1-r0 - 4.4.15.7-r0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:phpmyadmin_alpine_package:4.0.4.1-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.6
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:phpmyadmin_alpine_package:4.0.4.2-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.6
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:phpmyadmin_alpine_package:4.0.9-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.6

External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=abae6704b5ad5fa0ac123378e37f2b81d2585ff0

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.