Cryptographic issues in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2015-3903

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Cryptographic issues in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2015-3903

Published: May 26, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40761
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3903
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

phpMyAdmin
Fedora
phpMyAdmin4
phpMyAdmin

How to mitigate CVE-2015-3903

Install update from vendor's website.

phpMyAdmin4 - update to 4.0.10.10-1.el5
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 4.0.10.10-1.el6, 4.4.6.1-1.el7, 4.4.6.1-1.fc21, 4.4.6.1-1.fc22

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