VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-6630
An authenticated user can trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) attack by entering a very long password at the change password dialog.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.07%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.07% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92501Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-53Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92501Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-53Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.