CVE-2016-6630 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92501 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-53

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5