PMASA-2016-5
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-5
Date: 2016-01-24
Summary
Unsafe comparison of XSRF/CSRF token.
Description
The comparison of the XSRF/CSRF token parameter with the value saved in the session is vulnerable to timing attacks. Moreover, the comparison could be bypassed if the XSRF/CSRF token matches a particular pattern.
Severity
We consider this vulnerability to be serious.
Affected Versions
Versions 4.0.x (prior to 4.0.10.13), 4.4.x (prior to 4.4.15.3) and 4.5.x (prior to 4.5.4) are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.0.10.13 or newer, 4.4.15.3 or newer, 4.5.4 or newer or apply patch listed below.
References
Thanks to Emanuel Bronshtein @e3amn2l for reporting this vulnerability.
Assigned CVE IDs: CVE-2016-2041
Patches
The following commits have been made on the 4.0 branch to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 4.4 branch to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 4.5 branch to fix this issue:
More information
For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin security team at security@phpmyadmin.net.