Input validation error in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-6618
Published: December 11, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33796
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6618
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. The transformation feature allows a user to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the server. 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-2016-6618
Install update from vendor's website.
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 4.4.15.8-r0