UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2562
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Summary:
Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2562, https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-13/, https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/e42b7e3aedd29dd0f7a48575f20bfc5aca0ff976, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2562
Affected packages
Package
Name: phpmyadmin
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
4:4.0.6-1
4:4.0.8-1
4:4.0.9-1
4:4.0.10-1
4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1
4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm4
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
