Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-65
Date: 2016-11-25
Updated: 2016-12-06
Multiple DOS vulnerabilities
With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to initiate a denial of service attack in saved searches feature.
With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to initiate a denial of service attack in import feature.
An unauthenticated user can execute a denial of service attack when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true;.
We consider these vulnerabilities to be of moderate severity.
All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.6.5, 4.4.15.9, 4.0.10.18, or newer or apply patch listed below.
Thanks to Emanuel Bronshtein @e3amn2l for reporting this vulnerability.
Assigned CVE ids: CVE-2016-9858 CVE-2016-9859 CVE-2016-9860
The following commits have been made on the 4.0 branch to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 4.4 branch to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 4.6 branch to fix this issue:
For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin team. Our website is phpmyadmin.net.