Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user is able to execute a denial-of-service (DoS) attack by forcing persistent connections when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. 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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-45
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95049
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0102
EPSS Percentile
77.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (50)
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.0
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.3
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.4
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.4.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.4.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.5
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.6
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.7
... and 40 more
Published
Dec 11, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026