CVE-2016-2562

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 Medium 6.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2562
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-03-01T11:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-03T03:25:39
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-13/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/e42b7e3aedd29dd0f7a48575f20bfc5aca0ff976 Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2562
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2562
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:01:09 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:30:53 2016-03-01T11:59Z 2016-03-01T11:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:30:53 2016-12-03T03:25:39 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:30:53 Modified Vulnerability Status updated