CVE-2016-9849

2016-12-1100:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.005

Percentile

76.0%

JSON

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot
restriction ($cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘AllowRoot’]) and deny rules for username
by using Null Byte in the username. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5),
4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18)
are affected.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu14.04noarchphpmyadmin< 4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm3UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchphpmyadmin< 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm5UNKNOWN