PMASA-2016-52
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-52
Date: 2016-07-25
Summary
ArbitraryServerRegexp bypass
Description
A vulnerability was reported with the $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'] configuration directive. An attacker could reuse certain cookie values in a way of bypassing the servers defined by ArbitraryServerRegexp.
Severity
We consider this vulnerability to be critical.
Mitigation factor
Only servers using `$cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp']` are vulnerable to this attack.
Affected Versions
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
Solution
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.6.4, 4.4.15.8, 4.0.10.17, or newer or apply patch listed below.
References
Thanks to Emanuel Bronshtein @e3amn2l for reporting this vulnerability.
Assigned CVE IDs: CVE-2016-6629
CWE IDs: CWE-661
Patches
The following commits have been made on the 4.6 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 4.0 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.