fkie_cve-2016-2562
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-03-01 11:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
The checkHTTP function in libraries/Config.class.php in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 does not verify X.509 certificates from api.github.com SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof these servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/e42b7e3aedd29dd0f7a48575f20bfc5aca0ff976Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-13/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/e42b7e3aedd29dd0f7a48575f20bfc5aca0ff976Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-13/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.0
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.0
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.0
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.0
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.0.1
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.0.2
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.1
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.2
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.3
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.3.1
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.4
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.4.1
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.5.5


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  "lastModified": "2025-04-12T10:46:40.837",
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