Cryptographic issues in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2015-3903
Published: May 26, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40761
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3903
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
libraries/Config.class.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.10, 4.2.x before 4.2.13.3, 4.3.x before 4.3.13.1, and 4.4.x before 4.4.6.1 disables X.509 certificate verification for GitHub API calls over SSL, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3903
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2015050095
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00008.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131954/phpMyAdmin-4.4.6-Man-In-The-Middle.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3382
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2015-3.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535547/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74660
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032403
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/5ebc4daf131dd3bd646326267f3e765d0249bbb4