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phpMyAdmin 4.0.x < 4.0.10.7 / 4.1.x < 4.1.14.8 / 4.2.x < 4.2.13.1 DoS (PMASA-2014-17)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8592

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by a potential denial of service vulnerability.

Description

Versions of phpMyAdmin earlier than 4.0.10.7, 4.1.14.8, or 4.2.13.1 are unpatched for a denial of service vulnerability due to the way the application handles very long passwords. An attacker attempting to authenticate repeatedly using a large password string may be able to trigger this condition on the server.

Solution

Either upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.0.10.7, 4.1.14.8, 4.2.13.1 or later, or apply the patches from the referenced links.

See Also

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-17.php

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 8592

Family: CGI

Published: 12/8/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 79797

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9218

BID: 71434