CVE-2016-6624 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving improper enforcement of the IP-based authentication rules. When phpMyAdmin is used with IPv6 in a proxy server environment and the proxy server is in the allowed range but the attacking computer is not allowed this vulnerability can allow the attacking computer to connect despite the IP rules. 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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92489 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-47

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.9