Input validation error in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2017-1000018

 

Input validation error in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2017-1000018

Published: July 17, 2017 / Updated: July 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31410
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000018
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

phpMyAdmin 4.0, 4.4., and 4.6 are vulnerable to a DOS attack in the replication status by using a specially crafted table name


How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000018

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources