Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-68
Date: 2016-11-25
Updated: 2016-12-06
DOS vulnerability in table partitioning
With a very large request to table partitioning function, it is possible to invoke a Denial of Service (DOS) attack.
We consider this vulnerability to be of moderate severity.
All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.6.5 or newer or apply patch listed below.
Thanks to Emanuel Bronshtein @e3amn2l for reporting this vulnerability.
Assigned CVE ids: CVE-2016-9863
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.