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phpMyAdmin DoS Vulnerability

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 2, 2023

Package

composer phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 4.6.0, < 4.6.5

Patched versions

4.6.5

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a very large request to table partitioning function, it is possible to invoke a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 11, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 31, 2023
Last updated Nov 2, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-9863

GHSA ID

GHSA-qgrq-64g6-mmh6

Source code

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