#VU40213 Information disclosure in Opensuse - CVE-2016-5097

Vulnerability identifier: #VU40213

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [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-2016-5097

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Opensuse
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: SUSE

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2 places tokens in query strings and does not arrange for them to be stripped before external navigation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading (1) HTTP requests or (2) server logs.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 13.1

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External links
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00043.html
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035978
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/11eb574242d2526107366d367ab5585fbe29578f
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/59e56bd63a5e023b797d82eb272cd074e3b4bfd1
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/5fc8020c5ba9cd2e38beb5dfe013faf2103cdf0f
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8326aaebe54083d9726e153abdd303a141fe5ad3
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-14

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.