CVE-2016-2041 Information

Description

libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3 and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 does not use a constant-time algorithm for comparing CSRF tokens which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by measuring time differences.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627 http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-5.php https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/ec0e88e37ef30a66eada1c072953f4ec385a3e49

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5