An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An authenticated user can trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) attack by entering a very long password at the change password dialog. 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.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92501
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-12-11
Updated: 2017-07-01
Type: CWE-20
Base Score: 4
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 8
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.8
Severity: MEDIUM