Information disclosure in Fedora and phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-2044
Published: February 20, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40476
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2016-2044
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fedoraproject
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
Fedora
phpMyAdmin
Fedora
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
libraries/sql-parser/autoload.php in the SQL parser in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted request, which reveals the full path in an error message.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2044
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-8.php
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/c57d3cc7b97b5f32801032f7bb222297aa97dfea