Resource management error in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-6632
Published: December 11, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33345
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6632
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin where, under certain conditions, phpMyAdmin may not delete temporary files during the import of ESRI files. 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.
Affected software
phpMyAdmin
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
Opensuse
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6632
Install update from vendor's website.
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 4.4.15.8-r0